Critical thickness for giant thermoelectric Seebeck coefficient of 2DEG confined in SrTiO3/SrTi0.8Nb0.2O3 superlattices

Hiromichi Ohta; Yoriko Mune; Kunihito Koumoto; Teruyasu Mizoguchi; Yuichi Ikuhara

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2007.10.034

Critical thickness for giant thermoelectric Seebeck coefficient of 2DEG confined in SrTiO₃/SrTi_0.8Nb_0.2O₃ superlattices

Hiromichi Ohta, Yoriko Mune, Kunihito Koumoto, Teruyasu Mizoguchi, Yuichi Ikuhara

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Abstract

Seebeck coefficient (|S|) of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) confined within (SrTiO₃)_LB/(SrTi_0.8Nb_0.2O₃)_LW superlattices were measured at room temperature to clarify the critical thicknesses of barrier SrTiO₃ (L_B) and well SrTi_0.8Nb_0.2O₃ (L_W) for giant |S| [H. Ohta et al., Nat. Mater. 6, 129 (2007)]. The |S| values of the superlattices increased proportionally to L_W^{- 1/2} due to increasing of the density of states near the conduction band edge (quantum size effect), and reached 300 μV K^{- 1} at L_W = 1 unit cell SrTi_0.8Nb_0.2O₃ (0.39 nm), which is ∼ 5 times larger than that of the SrTi_0.8Nb_0.2O₃ bulk (60 μV K^{- 1}). The critical thickness of L_B and L_W for giant |S| was clarified to be 16 unit cells (6.25 nm). The best thermoelectric performance can be obtained at (L_B, L_W) = (16, 1).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5916-5920
Number of pages	5
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	516
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.10.034
Publication status	Published - 2008 Jul 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Seebeck coefficient
SrTiO
Superlattices
Thermoelectric energy conversion
Two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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