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Theory and Simulation Methods for Electronic and Phononic Transport in Thermoelectric Materials pp 37–58Cite as

Monte Carlo Method for Electronic and Phononic Transport in Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials

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Given a certain material, in order to understand electronic transport in its nanostructured or highly disordered forms, one needs to move beyond the simplified analytical models for the scattering rates on structure irregularities that were described in Chap. 2. This Chapter describes the Monte Carlo method for electronic and phononic transport applied to nanostructured materials.

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Neophytou, N. (2020). Monte Carlo Method for Electronic and Phononic Transport in Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials. In: Theory and Simulation Methods for Electronic and Phononic Transport in Thermoelectric Materials. SpringerBriefs in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38681-8_3

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