THERMOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS IN GENERALIZED ELECTRON TRANSPORT MODEL APPROACH

On Electro- and Thermomigration and Thermoelectric Transport Coefficients in Metals

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Semiclassical model for thermoelectric transport in nanocomposites

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Electron and phonon transport in silicon nanowires: Atomistic approach to thermoelectric properties

Effect of Nanoparticles on Electron and Thermoelectric Transport

Recent experimental results have shown that adding nanoparticles inside a bulk material can enhance the thermoelectric performance by reducing the thermal conductivity and increasing the Seebeck coefficient. In this paper we investigate electron scattering from nanoparticles using different models. We compare the results of the Born approximation to that of the partial-wave method for a single ...

Thermoelectric Transport in Nanocomposites

Thermoelectric materials which can convert energies directly between heat and electricity are used for solid state cooling and power generation. There is a big challenge to improve the efficiency of energy conversion which can be characterized by the figure of merit (ZT). In the past two decades, the introduction of nanostructures into bulk materials was believed to possibly enhance ZT. Nanocom...