Pushing the boundaries of the thermal conductivity of materials
Pushing the boundaries of the thermal conductivity of materials
Pushing the boundaries of the thermal conductivity of materials
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Brief introduction to <strong>the</strong>rmoelectric <strong>materials</strong><br />
• … or write ZT in a more obviously<br />
dimensionless form…<br />
ZT<br />
Snyder, Caltech,<br />
http://<strong>the</strong>rmoelectrics.caltech.edu<br />
Λ = Λ lattice + Λ electronic<br />
Λ electronic = LσT<br />
2<br />
⎛ ⎞<br />
S<br />
1<br />
= ⎜ ⎟<br />
⎝ L ⎠1<br />
+ Λ / Λ<br />
( )<br />
lattice electronic