Abstract

AbstractA large enhancement in the thermoelectric figure of merit for the whole superlattice, Z3DT, is predicted for short period GaAs/AlAs superlattices relative to bulk GaAs. Various superlattice parameters (superlattice growth direction, superlattice period and layer thicknesses) are explored to optimize Z3DT, including quantum wells formed at various high symmetry points in the Brillouin zone. The highest room temperature Z3DT obtained in the present calculation is 0.41 at the optimum carrier concentration for either (001) or (111) oriented GaAs(20 Å)/AIAs(20 Å) superlattices, which is about 50 times greater than the corresponding ZT for bulk GaAs obtained using the same basic model.

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