Impact of the Topological Surface State on the Thermoelectric Transport in Sb2Te3 Thin Films

Nicki F. Hinsche; Sebastian Zastrow; Johannes Gooth; Laurens Pudewill; Robert Zierold; Florian Rittweger; Tomáš Rauch; Jürgen Henk; Kornelius Nielsch; Ingrid Mertig

doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b00896

journal article Apr 02, 2015

Impact of the Topological Surface State on the Thermoelectric Transport in Sb2Te3 Thin Films

Nicki F. Hinsche Sebastian Zastrow Johannes Gooth Laurens Pudewill Robert Zierold

Florian Rittweger Tomáš Rauch Jürgen Henk Kornelius Nielsch

Ingrid Mertig

ACS Nano Vol. 9 No. 4 pp. 4406-4411 · American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Published: Apr 02, 2015
Vol/Issue: 9(4)
Pages: 4406-4411

Authors

N

Nicki F. Hinsche

Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle, Germany

S

Sebastian Zastrow

Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany

J

Johannes Gooth

Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany

L

Laurens Pudewill

Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany

R

Robert Zierold

Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany

F

Florian Rittweger

Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany

T

Tomáš Rauch

Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle, Germany

J

Jürgen Henk

Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle, Germany

K

Kornelius Nielsch

Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany

I

Ingrid Mertig

Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Award: SPP 1386

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Nicki F. Hinsche, Sebastian Zastrow, Johannes Gooth, et al. (2015). Impact of the Topological Surface State on the Thermoelectric Transport in Sb2Te3 Thin Films. ACS Nano, 9(4), 4406-4411. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b00896

Impact of the Topological Surface State on the Thermoelectric Transport in Sb2Te3 Thin Films

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