Optimizing properties to maximize thermoelectric performance. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Optimizing properties to maximize thermoelectric performance.

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Optimizing properties to maximize thermoelectric performance. (top) Temperature above which the bipolar effect becomes significant in various materials. (bottom) Seebeck figure of merit (zT) as a function of chemical potential under different band convergence conditions. (inset) Band convergence is characterized by the energy difference between converged bands.

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