Premium
The Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on the Thermoelectric Power in Indium Antimonide
Author(s) -
Porowski S.,
Duracz A.,
Zukotyński S.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19630030904
Subject(s) - indium antimonide , seebeck coefficient , condensed matter physics , hydrostatic pressure , effective mass (spring–mass system) , scattering , thermal conduction , antimonide , electron , phonon , impurity , phonon scattering , materials science , thermoelectric effect , carrier scattering , physics , optoelectronics , optics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , composite material
The thermoelectric power in InSb at 300° K is measured as a function of pressure up to 16000 atmospheres. The experimental data obtained for n‐type samples is in good agreement with the KANE model of the conduction band; it also offers new evidence that ionized impurity scattering and optical mode scattering are dominant for electrons. It is shown that the results for p‐type InSb can be explained fairly by assuming that the effective mass of holes is equal to 0.42 m 0 and that the dominant scattering is by optical phonons.