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Influence of Doping Concentration and Ambient Temperature on the Cross-Plane Seebeck Coefficient of InGaAs/InAlAs superlattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Yan Zhang ,
Daryoosh Vashaee ,
Rajeev Singh ,
Ali Shakouri ,
Gehong Zeng  and
Yi-Jen Chiu
Yan Zhang
Affiliation:
Electrical Engineering Department, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Daryoosh Vashaee
Affiliation:
Electrical Engineering Department, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Rajeev Singh
Affiliation:
Electrical Engineering Department, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Ali Shakouri
Affiliation:
Electrical Engineering Department, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Gehong Zeng
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, UC Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Yi-Jen Chiu
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, UC Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Abstract

We have developed thin film heaters/sensors that can be integrated on top of superlattice microcoolers to measure the Seebeck coefficient perpendicular to the layer. In this paper, we discuss the Seebeck coefficients of InGaAs/InAlAs superlattices grown with Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) that have different doping concentrations, varying between 2e18, 4e18, and 8e18 to 3e19 cm−3. It was interesting to find out that – contrary to the behavior in bulk material – the Seebeck coefficient did not decrease monotonically with doping concentration. A preliminary theory of thermoelectric transport in superlattices in the regime of miniband formation has been developed to fit the experimental results. The miniband formation could enhance the thermoelectric power factor (Seebeck coefficient square times electrical conductivity) and thereby improve the Figure of merit, ZT. With this improvement, InGaAs/InAlAs superlattice microcooler become a promising candidate for on-chip temperature control.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 793: Symposium S – Thermoelectric Materials 2003 - Research and Applications , 2003 , S2.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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