I. A. Pronin, I. A. Averin, A. S. Bojinova, A. Ts. Georgieva, D. Ts. Dimitrov, A. A. Karmanov, V. A. Moshnikov, K. I. Papazova, E. I. Terukov, N. D. Yakushova, “The thermovoltaic effect in zinc oxide inhomogeneously doped with mixed-valence impurities”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2015, Volume 41, Issue 19,Pages <nobr>22

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

I. A. Pronin^ab, I. A. Averin^a, A. S. Bojinova^b, A. Ts. Georgieva^c, D. Ts. Dimitrov^b, A. A. Karmanov^a, V. A. Moshnikov^de, K. I. Papazova^b, E. I. Terukov^f, N. D. Yakushova^ab

^a Penza State University
^b Sv. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria
^c University of Florida, 32611-6135, Gainesville, USA
^d St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia
^e Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"
^f Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg

Abstract: 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$^\circ$C.

Received: 12.05.2015