NANOSYSTEMS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, 2013, 4 (5), P. 622–629
LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOPOWER IN DISORDERED CARBON NANOTUBES
V. E. Egorushkin – Institute of Strength Physics and Material Science, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
N.V. Melnikova – V.D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physical Technical Institute of Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia; phdmelnikova@gmail.com
N. G. Bobenko – Institute of Strength Physics and Material Science, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
A. N. Ponomarev – Institute of Strength Physics and Material Science, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
Low-temperature thermopower in disordered carbon nanotubes was calculated while taking into account multiple elastic electron scattering on impurities and shortrange structural inhomogeneities. A possible explanation is presented for the low-temperature behavior of thermopower which depends on defect structure, impurities and chirality.
Keywords: Carbon nanotube, thermopower, structural disordered, lowtemperature.
PACS 61.48.De