Abstract
Extrema were observed in the film thickness d dependence of various thermoelectric parameters (Seebeck coefficient S, electrical conductivity σ, Hall coefficient RH, charge carrier mobility μ, and power factor P) of epitaxial PbTe/(001) KCl thin films prepared by thermal evaporation in vacuum and protected from oxidation by an EuS layer. We attribute the observed extrema in properties and the high values of μ and P at d≈50 nm to the percolation transition from an island-like to a continuous film and to the self-organization of the islands, which can occur not only in quantum dot superlattices but also in an individual layer.
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