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The thermovoltaic effect in zinc oxide inhomogeneously doped with mixed-valence impurities

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The thermovoltaic effect has been for the first time observed in zinc oxide. The samples had the form of ZnO/ZnO–Me sandwich structures (Me = Cu, Fe) formed by the sol–gel method. An electromotive force of 1–10 mV appeared in the temperature range of 200–300°C.

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  1. Penza State University, Penza, 440026, Russia

    I. A. Pronin, I. A. Averin, A. A. Karmanov & N. D. Yakushova

  2. Sv. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria

    I. A. Pronin, A. S. Bozhinov, D. Ts. Dimitrov, K. I. Papazova & N. D. Yakushova

  3. University of Florida, 32611-6135, Gainesville, USA

    A. Ts. Georgieva

  4. State Electrotechnical University (LETI), St. Petersburg, 197376, Russia

    V. A. Moshnikov

  5. St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia

    V. A. Moshnikov

  6. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    E. I. Terukov

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Original Russian Text © I.A. Pronin, I.A. Averin, A.S. Bozhinova, A.Ts. Georgieva, D.Ts. Dimitrov, A.A. Karmanov, V.A. Moshnikov, K.I. Papazova, E.I. Terukov, N.D. Yakushova, 2015, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 19, pp. 22–28.

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Pronin, I.A., Averin, I.A., Bozhinov, A.S. et al. The thermovoltaic effect in zinc oxide inhomogeneously doped with mixed-valence impurities. Tech. Phys. Lett. 41, 930–932 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785015100132

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