DOI: 10.1063/1.3665945. Anomalously high thermoelectric power factor in epitaxial ScN thin films

Anomalously high thermoelectric power factor in epitaxial ScN thin films

10.1063/1.3665945

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Abstract

Thermoelectric properties of ScN thin films grown by reactive magnetron sputtering on Al2O3(0001) wafers are reported. X-ray diffraction and elastic recoil detection analyses show that the composition of the films is close to stoichiometry with trace amounts (∼1 at. % in total) of C, O, and F. We found that the ScN thin-film exhibits a rather low electrical resistivity of ∼2.94 μΩm, while its Seebeck coefficient is approximately ∼−86 μV/K at 800 K, yielding a power factor of ∼2.5 × 10−3 W/mK2. This value is anomalously high for common transition-metal nitrides.

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Kerdsongpanya, S., Van Nong, N., Pryds, N., Å½ukauskaitÄ, A., Jensen, J., Birch, J., Lu, J., Hultman, L., Wingqvist, G., & Eklund, P. (2011). Anomalously high thermoelectric power factor in epitaxial ScN thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 99(23).

Authors 10

Sit Kerdsongpanya (first)
Ngo Van Nong (additional)
Nini Pryds (additional)
Agnė Žukauskaitė (additional)
Jens Jensen (additional)
Jens Birch (additional)
Jun Lu (additional)
Lars Hultman (additional)
Gunilla Wingqvist (additional)
Per Eklund (additional)

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Created	13 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 9, 2011, 9:59 a.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 1 month ago (June 30, 2023, 5:20 p.m.)
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Issued	13 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 5, 2011)
Published	13 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 5, 2011)
Published Online	13 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 8, 2011)
Published Print	13 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 5, 2011)

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@article{Kerdsongpanya_2011, title={Anomalously high thermoelectric power factor in epitaxial ScN thin films}, volume={99}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3665945}, DOI={10.1063/1.3665945}, number={23}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Kerdsongpanya, Sit and Van Nong, Ngo and Pryds, Nini and Žukauskaitė, Agnė and Jensen, Jens and Birch, Jens and Lu, Jun and Hultman, Lars and Wingqvist, Gunilla and Eklund, Per}, year={2011}, month=dec }

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