Bidirectional energy filtering for electronic and phonon transport in Al2O3/ZnO superlattice films with anisotropy
- Authors
- Lee, Won-Yong; Park, No-Won; Kang, Soo-Young; Kang, Min-Sung; Bui, Thi Thu Trang; Seok, Juhee; Kim, Gil-Sung; Saitoh, Eiji; Lee, Sang-Kwon
- Issue Date
- Jan-2020
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Keywords
- Energy filtering; Minority carrier blocking; Nanoscale columnar structure; Oxide semiconductor; Phonon scattering; Superlattice films
- Citation
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds, v.815
- Journal Title
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds
- Volume
- 815
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/36984
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152482
- ISSN
- 0925-8388
1873-4669
- Abstract
- Directional anisotropy transport in particular in nanostructured superlattice films could be crucial to understanding their thermoelectric properties, including figure-of-merit (ZT). However, few experimental studies have considered anisotropic properties in superlattice films. Therefore, this study investigated electronic and phonon transport anisotropy for atomic layer deposition Al2O3 (AO)/ZnO superlattice films on SiO2/Si substrates at 77–500 K using the four-point-probe 3-ω method and in-house Seebeck measurement system as a first step toward understanding corresponding superlattice film properties. In-plane and out-of-plane ZT values for AO/ZnO superlattice films were determined as 0.00017–0.19 and 0.00035–0.44, respectively, at 77–500 K. Higher ZT for both directions can be explained by synergistic combination of enhanced phonon scattering and bidirectional energy filtering in phonon and electronic transport compared to undoped ZnO films over the temperature range. We also found that out-of-plane thermal conductivity suppression was mostly attributable to increased ZT anisotropy in the out-of-plane direction rather than enhanced AO/ZnO superlattice film Seebeck and power factors. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - College of Natural Sciences > Department of Physics > 1. Journal Articles
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.