Theory of thermoelectric effects when the temperature approximation is incorrect

Details Theory of thermoelectric effects when the temperature approximation is incorrect Theory of thermoelectric effects when the temperature approximation is incorrect

1997-06-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9706180v1

Semiconductors 28 (1), January 1994, p. 68--71

Physics

Condensed Matter

6 pages, RevTeX, AMSMath, authors can be contacted at http://www.fis.cinvestav.mx/~titov/

Scientific paper

The flow of a thermoelectric current through a semiconductor of submicron dimensions is analyzed. The rate of surface relaxation of the energy is assumed to be much higher than the rate of electron-electron collisions. Under these conditions, it is incorrect to describe the electron gas by means of a Maxwellian distribution and thus to describe the thermoelectric effects in terms of an electron temperature and a chemical potential. A theory is derived for these effects. This theory does not include the latter parameters and is based on a non-Maxwellian distribution which is spatially nonuniform in terms of energy.

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