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SUBMITTER: Wang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4650813 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20150513
Intriguing experimental results raised the question about the fundamental mechanisms governing the electron-hole coupling induced bipolar thermal conduction in semiconductors. Our combined theoretical analysis and experimental measurements show that in semiconductors bipolar thermal transport is in general a "conductivity-limiting" phenomenon, and it is thus controlled by the carrier mobility ratio and by the minority carrier partial electrical conductivity for the intrinsic and extrinsic cases, ...[more]