Title :
Tunneling spectroscopy of electronic structures of Bi2-xSnxTe3
Author :
Nakura, T. ; Bando, H. ; Sasagawa, H. ; Kulbachinskii, V.A. ; Ozaki, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Tunneling spectroscopy has been carried out in order to investigate the electronic structure of Bi2-xSnxTe 3. The results are compared with the model of the electronic structure previously proposed by Kulbachinskii et al. The experimental results did not reproduce the model. The tunneling measurements showed that Sn associated electronic states distribute in the lower valence band over a wide energy range
Keywords :
band structure; bismuth compounds; scanning tunnelling spectroscopy; semiconductor materials; thermoelectricity; tin compounds; (BiSn)2Te3; Bi2-xSnxTe3; electronic states; electronic structures; lower valence band; tunneling spectroscopy; Bismuth; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Doping; Physics; Spectroscopy; Tellurium; Tin; Tunneling; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Thermoelectrics, 1998. Proceedings ICT 98. XVII International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4907-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICT.1998.740337