Thermoelectric Power of Graphite Acceptor Compounds

1982 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ko Sugihara

ABSTRACTTemperature variations of the thermopower (TEP) of acceptor graphite intercalation compounds (GIC) are very different from that of pristine graphite. At low temperatures the TEP increases monotonically with T, then levels off above 150 K. This behavior is ascribed to the phonon drag effect. In the region where the TEP is nearly constant, phonon relaxation is mainly controlled by the Rayleigh scattering due to point defects or impurities. This process leads to T-independent phonon drag TEP. The importance of Rayleigh scattering is due to the large cross section diameter of the Fermi surface in GIC. At low temperatures where the boundary scattering becomes important, the TEP is proportional to T3 . Detailed calculations are carried out by solving the phonon-carrier coupled Boltzmann equation.

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (22) ◽  
pp. 1829-1838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. R. HOU ◽  
B. F. GU ◽  
Y. B. CHEN ◽  
Y. J. HE

Phonon-drag effect usually occurs in single crystals at very low temperatures (10–200 K). Strong phonon-drag effect is observed in ultra-thin β- FeSi 2 films at around room temperature. The Seebeck coefficient of a 23 nm-thick β- FeSi 2 film can reach -1.375 mV/K at 343 K. However, the thermoelectric power factor of the film is still small, only 0.42×10-3 W/m-K2, due to its large electrical resistivity. When a 27 nm-thick MnSi 1.7 film with low electrical resistivity is grown on it, the thermoelectric power factor of the MnSi 1.7 film can reach 1.5×10-3 W/m-K2 at around room temperature. This value is larger than that of bulk MnSi 1.7 material in the same temperature range.


1964 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 217-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward J. Walker ◽  
Robert W. Keyes

1988 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 6377-6380 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Ruf ◽  
H. Obloh ◽  
B. Junge ◽  
E. Gmelin ◽  
K. Ploog ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol E100.C (5) ◽  
pp. 486-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhei SUZUKI ◽  
Faiz SALLEH ◽  
Yoshinari KAMAKURA ◽  
Masaru SHIMOMURA ◽  
Hiroya IKEDA

In earlier work, the absolute thermo-electric force, E of the alkalis was measured from about 60°K down to about 4°K. The absolute thermo-electric power ( S=dE/dT ) could then be derived with fair accuracy down to perhaps 8°K. The thermo-electric power of all the alkali metals has now been measured directly between 2 and 20°K, and the Thomson heats derived therefrom. The results are compared with the theory both of the ‘normal’ thermo-electric power and the Gurevich or ‘phonon-drag’ effect. It is clear from the work that experiments below 1 °K in this field will be of much interest and a programme has been started in this temperature range.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 46-57
Author(s):  
S.V. Maltsev ◽  
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B.P. Kazakov ◽  
A.G. Isaevich ◽  
M.A. Semin ◽  
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