Searching for the best thermoelectrics through the optimization of transport distribution function

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Fan, Zheyong ^a   Wang, Hui Qiong ^a   Zheng, Jin Cheng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRAC DELTA FUNCTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; KEY COMPONENT; NARROW DISTRIBUTION; SHAPE DISTRIBUTION; SHAPE EFFECT; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS; THERMOPOWERS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIEDEMANN-FRANZ LAW;

DELTA FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 79955425256     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3563097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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