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Selection and Optimization Criteria

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Thermoelectrics

Part of the book series: Springer Series in MATERIALS SCIENCE ((SSMATERIALS,volume 45))

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Perhaps more than any other, this chapter illustrates the challenge in obtaining materials with superior thermoelectric properties. A thorough understanding of solid- state physics and chemistry is required to define the potential of a particular system. The incorporation of different transport phenomena in evaluating the underlying transport mechanisms is illustrated.

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    Dr. George S. Nolas & Dr. Jeffrey Sharp

  2. University of Tasmania, 40 Osborne Esplanade, 7050, Kingston Beach, Tasmania, Australia

    Prof. em. H. Julian Goldsmid

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Nolas, G.S., Sharp, J., Goldsmid, H.J. (2001). Selection and Optimization Criteria. In: Thermoelectrics. Springer Series in MATERIALS SCIENCE, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04569-5_3

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