Fermi Level and Electrostatic Screening Factor in Degenerate Semiconductors and Metal Alloys

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 3399-3404
Author(s):  
John S. Cetnar ◽  
D. L. Rode
Keyword(s):  
Fermi Level ◽  
Metal Alloys ◽  
Degenerate Semiconductors ◽  
Screening Factor

Synergistic optimization of carrier transport and thermal conductivity in Sn-doped Cu2Te

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (39) ◽  
pp. 18928-18937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchong Qiu ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Jinwen Ye ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Lixian Lian
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Fermi Level ◽  
Carrier Concentration ◽  
Power Factor ◽  
Carrier Transport ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
Thermoelectric Performance ◽  
Degenerate Semiconductors ◽  
Lone Pair Electrons

Doping Sn into the Cu2Te lattice can synergistically enhance the power factor and decrease thermal conductivity, leading to remarkably optimized zTs. The lone pair electrons from the 5s orbital of Sn can increase the DOS near the Fermi level of Cu2Te to promote PF and reduce κe by decreasing the carrier concentration. This study explores a scalable strategy to optimize the thermoelectric performance for intrinsically highly degenerate semiconductors.

scholarly journals Gapped metals as thermoelectric materials revealed by high-throughput screening

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (34) ◽  
pp. 17579-17594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Ricci ◽  
Alexander Dunn ◽  
Anubhav Jain ◽  
Gian-Marco Rignanese ◽  
Geoffroy Hautier
Keyword(s):  
Band Structure ◽  
Fermi Level ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Degenerate Semiconductors

Gapped metals present in their band structure a gap near the Fermi level. This key feature makes these metals comparable to degenerate semiconductors and thus suitable as thermoelectrics. The present screening searches them systematically.

Specimen Preparation of Near Surface Ion Irradiated Samples

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 170-171
Author(s):  
K. F. Russell ◽  
L. L. Horton
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Heavy Ions ◽  
Target Material ◽  
Metal Alloys ◽  
Specimen Surface ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Particle Accelerators ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Graaff Accelerator ◽  
Van De Graaff

Beams of heavy ions from particle accelerators are used to produce radiation damage in metal alloys. The damaged layer extends several microns below the surface of the specimen with the maximum damage and depth dependent upon the energy of the ions, type of ions, and target material. Using 4 MeV heavy ions from a Van de Graaff accelerator causes peak damage approximately 1 μm below the specimen surface. To study this area, it is necessary to remove a thickness of approximately 1 μm of damaged metal from the surface (referred to as “sectioning“) and to electropolish this region to electron transparency from the unirradiated surface (referred to as “backthinning“). We have developed electropolishing techniques to obtain electron transparent regions at any depth below the surface of a standard TEM disk. These techniques may be applied wherever TEM information is needed at a specific subsurface position.

Electronic States near the Fermi Level in the Antiferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic Spinels of Zn 1− x Cu x Cr 2 Se 4 ; 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0

2002 ◽  
Vol 75 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 359-371
Author(s):  
M. Hidaka ◽  
N. Tokiwa ◽  
M. Yoshimura ◽  
H. Fujii ◽  
Jae-Young Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fermi Level ◽  
Electronic States

New developments in the ab initio determination of transition metal alloys phase diagram

1993 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 249-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Wolverton ◽  
M Asta ◽  
S Ouannasser ◽  
H Dreyssé ◽  
D de Fontaine
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Metal Alloys ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Transition Metal Alloys

Effect of proximity of the Fermi level to singular points in the band structure on the kinetic and lattice properties of metals and alloys

1988 ◽  
Vol 154 (3) ◽  
pp. 525 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.P. Antropov ◽  
Valentin G. Vaks ◽  
M.I. Katsnel'son ◽  
V.G. Koreshkov ◽  
A.I. Likhtenshtein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Band Structure ◽  
Fermi Level ◽  
Metals And Alloys ◽  
Singular Points

A Comparative Study on Microgap of Premade Abutments and Abutments Cast in Base Metal Alloys.

2012 ◽  
pp. 120409100715007
Author(s):  
JAINI J L ◽  
SREEKANTH A MALLAN ◽  
MURUKAN P. A ◽  
RITA ZARINA
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Base Metal ◽  
Metal Alloys
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