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The effect of an electric field on the differential thermopower α(E) of a one-dimensional superlattice is investigated in the semiclassical approximation. A nonmonotonic temperature dependence of α(0) is established for a degenerate electron gas. It is shown that, in principle, an electric field can be used to control the thermoelectric properties of superlattices.
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Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 1314–1316 (July 1999)
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Bulygin, A.S., Shmelev, G.M. & Maglevannyi, I.I. Differential thermopower of a superlattice in a strong electric field. Phys. Solid State 41, 1201–1203 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1130966
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