論文

査読有り
2018年

Possible high thermoelectric power in semiconducting carbon nanotubes :A case study of doped one-dimensional semiconductors

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
  • Takahiro Yamamoto
  • ,
  • Hidetoshi Fukuyama

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.7566/JPSJ.87.024707
出版者・発行元
Physical Society of Japan

We have theoretically investigated the thermoelectric properties of impurity-doped one-dimensional semiconductors, focusing on nitrogen-substituted (N-substituted) carbon nanotubes (CNTs), using the Kubo formula combined with a self-consistent t-matrix approximation. N-substituted CNTs exhibit extremely high thermoelectric power factor (PF) values originating from a characteristic of one-dimensional materials where decrease in the carrier density increase both the electrical conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient in the low-N regime. The chemical potential dependence of the PF values of semiconducting CNTs has also been studied as a field-effect transistor and it turns out that the PF values show a noticeable maximum in the vicinity of the band edges. This result demonstrates that “band-edge engineering” will be crucial for solid development of high-performance thermoelectric materials.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.87.024707
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.7566/JPSJ.87.024707
  • ISSN : 1347-4073
  • ISSN : 0031-9015
  • SCOPUS ID : 85040782030

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