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Nanostructuring is one of the most promising directions in reaching improved thermoelectric performance as it leads to significant reductions in thermal conductivity. This chapter describes how the thermoelectric power factor can also be evaluated based on quantum mechanical transport simulations.
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Neophytou, N. (2020). Non-Equilibrium Green’s Function Method for Electronic 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_4
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