Supporting Information: Unraveling Structure–Strain–Defect Relationships in Thermopower Modulation of Epitaxial Double Perovskite Oxide

Epitaxial strain engineering in oxide thin films offers a powerful strategy for tuning the electronic and thermoelectric properties by modulating the defect density, electronic band structure, and phonon scattering. In this study, we show that the gradual relaxation of in-plane epitaxial strain in l...

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Autores: Chatterjee, Arindom, Chávez-Angel, Emigdio, Ballesteros, Belén, Sotomayor Torres, C. M., Santiso, José
Tipo de recurso: conjunto de datos
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/415635
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/415635
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thin films grown
Carrier effective mass
Substrates leads
Thermoelectric properties
Electronic bands
Thermoelectric power near
Critical film thickness
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Sumario:Epitaxial strain engineering in oxide thin films offers a powerful strategy for tuning the electronic and thermoelectric properties by modulating the defect density, electronic band structure, and phonon scattering. In this study, we show that the gradual relaxation of in-plane epitaxial strain in layered double perovskite GdBaCo2O5.5+δ thin films grown on SrTiO3 (001) substrates leads to a pronounced enhancement in thermoelectric power near the critical film thickness, where the epitaxial strain begins to relax, and a structural phase transition begins to occur. Our analysis suggests that this enhancement arises from an increase in carrier effective mass, likely caused by the reconstruction of electronic bands.