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Thermopower in oxide heterostructures: The importance of being multiple-band conductors

Published inPhysical Review. B, Condensed Matter, vol. 86, 195301
Publication date2012
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We combine transport experiments, advanced ab initio calculations, and model analysis to determine the thermoelectric power in the two-dimensional electron gas formed at the paradigmatic oxide interface SrTiO3/LaAlO3. We demonstrate that contrary to popular expectation, quantum confinement does not enhance the thermoelectric power of the electron gas at this interface with respect to its corresponding three-dimensional case. Our analysis directly relates the thermopower behavior to band structure characteristics typical of the oxide heterostructure (i.e., on-site and intersite band splitting), furnishing general interpretive prescriptions to search for oxide heterostructures with improved thermoelectric capabilities.

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FILIPPETTI, A. et al. Thermopower in oxide heterostructures: The importance of being multiple-band conductors. In: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 2012, vol. 86, p. 195301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.195301
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