Enhancing the Thermoelectric Power Factor by Using Invisible Dopants

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Zebarjadi, Mona; Liao, Bolin; Esfarjani, Keivan; Dresselhaus, Mildred; Chen, Gang
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Abstract
Nanoparticle dopants that are invisible to conduction electrons and have sharp dips in their electron scattering rate versus electron energy close to the Fermi level. Replacement of such dopants with traditional impurities results in simultaneous enhancement of the Seebeck coefficient and the electron mobility and therefore a large enhancement in the thermoelectric power factor can be achieved.
Date issued
2013-03
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87019
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Advanced Materials
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Citation
Zebarjadi, Mona, Bolin Liao, Keivan Esfarjani, Mildred Dresselhaus, and Gang Chen. “Enhancing the Thermoelectric Power Factor by Using Invisible Dopants.” Advanced Materials 25, no. 11 (March 20, 2013): 1577–1582.
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09359648
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