ZT Optimization: An Application Focus

Significant research has been performed on the challenge of improving thermoelectric materials, with maximum peak figure of merit, ZT, the most common target. We use an approximate thermoelectric material model, matched to real materials, to demonstrate that when an application is known, average ZT...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Richard Tuley, Kevin Simpson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/3/309