Does surface band-bending contribute to Seebeck coefficient?

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Huiching Chang

The surface band-bending do contribute to Seebeck coefficient.

Ernst Lenz

For band-bending effekts see e.g.

a) Electrons and Phonons by J. M. Ziman (Oxford classic Texts)

c) Thermoelectriks Handbook -- Macro to Nano -- by D. M. Rowe

d) C. Herring, The Bell System Technical Journal, p. 237 (1955)

Keisuke Fukutani

Dr. Chang and Dr. Lenz,

Thank you very much for your answers.