Thermal Conduction in Semiconductors |
Contents
MEASUREMENT OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY | 13 |
THEORY OF THE FLOW OF ENERGY AND CHARGE | 33 |
THE ELECTRONIC PART OF THE THERMAL | 104 |
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alloy anharmonic processes atoms behaviour bismuth telluride Boltzmann equation boundary scattering Brillouin zone calculated concentrations constant contribution corresponding crystal Debye temperature defined density discussion distribution function effect electrical conductivity electrochemical potential energy entropy production experimental expression Fermi level flow forces formula free path length germanium give given by equation grad gradient high temperatures imperfection scattering impurity interaction interatomic Ioffe isotopes large number lattice component lattice thermal conductivity lead telluride leads linear Lorenz number low temperatures magnetic field materials mean free path measurements normal modes number of electrons number of phonons obtained p-type parameters particles particular phonon system phonons physical position quantum quantum mechanics range sample Section Seebeck coefficient semiconductors silicon solid specific heat theory thermal equilibrium thermal resistivity thermodynamic thermoelectric tion tivity transport properties valence band variation W/cm wave function wave packets wave vector wavelength zero