Gate‐Tunable Polar Optical Phonon to Piezoelectric Scattering in Few‐Layer Bi 2 O 2 Se for High‐Performance Thermoelectrics

2020 ◽  
pp. 2004786
Author(s):  
Fang Yang ◽  
Jing Wu ◽  
Ady Suwardi ◽  
Yunshan Zhao ◽  
Boyuan Liang ◽  
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1998 ◽  
Vol 512 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Foutz ◽  
S. K. O'leary ◽  
M. S. Shur ◽  
L. F. Eastman ◽  
B. L. Gelmont ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe develop a simple, one-dimensional, analytical model, which describes electron transport in gallium nitride. We focus on the polar optical phonon scattering mechanism, as this is the dominant energy loss mechanism at room temperature. Equating the power gained from the field with that lost through scattering, we demonstrate that beyond a critical electric field, 114 kV/cm at T = 300 K, the power gained from the field exceeds that lost due to polar optical phonon scattering. This polar optical phonon instability leads to a dramatic increase in the electron energy, this being responsible for the onset of intervalley transitions. The predictions of our analytical model are compared with those of Monte Carlo simulations, and are found to be in satisfactory agreement.


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