Kinetic Phenomena and Thermoelectric Properties of Polycrystalline Thin Films Based on PbSnAgTe Compounds

Authors M.A. Ruvinskii , O.B. Kostyuk , B.S. Dzundza , I.P. Yaremiy , M.L. Mokhnatskyi, Ya.S. Yavorskyy
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Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University 57, Shevchenko Str., 76025 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Е-mail oksanakostuk@gmail.com
Issue Volume 9, Year 2017, Number 5
Dates Received 11 July 2017; revised manuscript received 16 July 2017; published online 16 October 2017
Citation M.A. Ruvinskii, O.B. Kostyuk, B.S. Dzundza, et al., J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 9 No 5, 05004 (2017)
DOI 10.21272/jnep.9(5).05004
PACS Number(s) 73.50.-h, 73.50.Lw
Keywords Kinetic effects, Polycrystallites, Intergranular boundaries, Barriers, Thin films (60) , LAST (19) , Thermoelectric properties (3) .
Annotation Thin polycrystalline films based on PbSnAgTe (LATT) compounds on mica-muscovite substrates are obtained. The dependences of conductivity, mobility of current carriers and specific thermoelectric power on temperature for these condensates are investigated. It is established that the mechanisms of transport of carriers on the intergrain boundaries dominate at low temperatures, and at higher temperatures the charge transport is determined by the volume of grain. The predominant scattering mechanism at higher temperatures is scattering on acoustic phonons.

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