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Thermoelectric figure of merit of a one-dimensional conductor

Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 1993 · Vol. 47(24) · pp. 16631–16634

L. D. Hicks✉(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)M. S. Dresselhaus(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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.

Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices Thermal properties of materials Topological Materials and PhenomenaFigure of meritConductorCondensed matter physicsSuperlatticeElectrical conductorThermoelectric materialsThermoelectric effectMaterials sciencePhysicsEngineering physics

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