Abstract
We investigate the effect on the thermoelectric figure of merit of preparing materials in the form of one-dimensional conductors or quantum wires. Our calculations show that this approach has the potential to achieve a significant increase in the figure of merit over both the bulk value and the calculated superlattice values.
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Figure of meritConductorCondensed matter physicsSuperlatticeElectrical conductorThermoelectric materialsThermoelectric effectMaterials sciencePhysicsEngineering physicsQuantum mechanicsOptoelectronicsComposite material
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- 1993
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- 47
- Issue
- 24
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- 16631-16634
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L. D. Hicks,
M. S. Dresselhaus
(1993).
Thermoelectric figure of merit of a one-dimensional conductor.
Physical review. B, Condensed matter
, 47
(24)
, 16631-16634.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.47.16631
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevb.47.16631