在复杂的带结构材料中,带对齐后热电功率因子改进的条件
Saff E Awal Akhtar1, Neophytos Neophytou1
1School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
概括
带对齐可以通过增加导电路径来改善热电功率因子 (PF). 为了获得最佳的PF增强,带内散射必须占主导地位,而不是带间散射,特别是在对齐较轻的频段时.
科学领域:
- 凝聚物质物理学 凝聚物质物理学
- 材料科学 是一种材料科学.
- 热电材料是一种热电材料.
背景情况:
- 热电材料从热量中产生电力.
- 优化热电性能对于能源采集至关重要.
- 带对齐是一种提议的策略,用于增强热电功率因子 (PF).
研究的目的:
- 通过频段对齐,研究改善热电PF的条件.
- 分析带内和带间散射对PF的影响.
- 确定轻与重频段对齐对PF的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用博尔兹曼运输方程 (BTE) 进行理论研究.
- 对复杂带结构应用多带模型的应用.
- 对散射机制 (带内和带间) 的分析.
主要成果:
- 当带内散射在带间散射上占主导地位时,就会发生PF的改善.
- 调整较轻的波段可以获得更大的PF改进.
- 即使使用可比的带内和带间散射来实现光带对齐,也可以实现PF的改进.
- 带间散射的主导地位阻止了不论带类型的PF改进.
结论:
- 带对齐可以在特定的散射条件下增强热电PF.
- 带内散射的占主导地位和光带的对齐是改善PF的关键.
- 尽量减少对齐和底层谷之间的相互作用对于有效的带对齐至关重要.
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