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THEORY OF THE SEEBECK COEFFICIENT IN ALKALI AND NOBLE METALS
- Source :
- Modern Physics Letters B. 13:689-694
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt, 1999.
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Abstract
- A new formula for the Seebeck coefficient S is obtained: [Formula: see text], where q, n, ε F , [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are, respectively, charge, carrier density, Fermi energy, density of states at ε F and volume. Seebeck (S) and Hall (R H ) coefficients in alkali metals are both negative while these coefficients in noble metals have opposite signs. This difference is shown to arise from the different shapes of the Fermi surface.
Details
- ISSN :
- 17936640 and 02179849
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Modern Physics Letters B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........966f7f54186c497438374f937819f362