On the best bandstructure for thermoelectric performance: A Landauer perspective

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Jeong, Changwook ^a   Kim, Raseong ^a,b   Lundstrom, Mark S ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY-OF-STATES; LANDAUER; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MEAN-FREE PATH; NARROW BANDS; REALISTIC MODEL; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THREE PARAMETERS; UPPER LIMITS;

DELTA FUNCTIONS; DISPERSIONS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84863323792     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4727855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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