Abstract
We have studiedthe conductivity of an array of Si nanocrystals separated by energy barriers using the Monte Carlo technique. The energy band diagram was calculated by self-consistent solution of the Poisson equation. It is shown that the simulation data can be interpreted by an equivalent network of series resistors. A resistance can be attributed to the energy barrier that increases with increasing barrier width. The barrier resistance has been calculated as a function of the barrier width. Our resultscan be useful in studying the thermoelectric properties of composite structures in the presence of energy barriers. The assumption of an in-series resistor network commonly used to study the thermoelectric properties of nanocomposites has been confirmed by our simulations on 1d nanocomposites.
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