Quantum Effects in the Thermoelectric Power Factor of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors

We theoretically investigate the interplay between the confinement length L and the thermal de Broglie wavelength Λ to optimize the thermoelectric power factor of semiconducting materials. An analytical formula for the power factor is derived based on the one-band model assuming nondegenerate semico...

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Main Authors: Hung, Nguyen T., Hasdeo, Eddwi H., Nugraha, Ahmad R. T., Saito, Riichiro, Dresselhaus, Mildred
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110510
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8492-2261