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Selection and Evaluation of Materials for Thermoelectric Applications II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Jeff W. Sharp
Jeff W. Sharp*
Affiliation:
Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Rd., Dallas, TX 75238–1645
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Abstract

In good thermoelectrics phonons have short mean free paths, and charge carriers have long ones. The other requirements are a multivalley band structure and a band gap greater than 0.1 eV for the 200 to 300 K temperature range. We discuss the use of solid state physics and chemistry concepts, along with atomic and crystal structure data, to select the new materials most likely to meet these criteria.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 478: Symposium Q – Thermoelectric Materials - New Directions and Approaches , 1997 , 15
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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