Thermoelectric Size Effect of a Multilayer Composition Al—Cu
V. S. Kopan’, N. V. Hutoryanska, I. A. Seleznyova, Yu. V. Kopan’
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64 Volodymyrska Str., 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
Received: 16.10.2015; final version - 21.12.2015. Download: PDF
The dependence of the thermoelectric power S(h$_{Cu}$) of multilayer composition Al—Cu on the Cu-layer thickness, h$_{Cu}$, is measured in range h$_{Cu}$ = (20—1200) nm. The temperature gradient is normal to plains of layers. When 1200 nm > hСu >> l$_{Cu}$ (l$_{Cu}$ $\leq$ (30—42) nm–electron free pass in Cu), the |S| $\cong$ 4 $\mu$V$\cdot$K$^{-1}$ is comparable with |S| of bimetals. When hСu < 100 nm, the layers impede to electron motion as superlattice.
Key words: multilayer composite material, thermoelectric power, size effect.
URL: http://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v38/i02/0277.html
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.38.02.0277
PACS: 72.15.Jf, 72.80.Tm, 73.40.Cg, 73.40.Jn, 73.50.Lw, 73.61.At, 81.40.Rs
Citation: V. S. Kopan’, N. V. Hutoryanska, I. A. Seleznyova, and Yu. V. Kopan’, Thermoelectric Size Effect of a Multilayer Composition Al—Cu, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 38, No. 2: 277—284 (2016) (in Russian)