Validity of rigid band approximation of PbTe thermoelectric materials
The tuning of carrier concentration through chemical doping is very important for the optimization of thermoelectric materials. Traditionally, a rigid band model is used to understand and guide doping in such semiconductors, but it is not clear whether such an approximation is valid. This letter foc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2013-07-01
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| Series: | APL Materials |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4809545 |