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Properties of Nanostructured Materials

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Introduction to Thermoelectricity

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A simple theory of the thermoelectric effects in quantum well structures is outlined. It is shown that practical demonstrations of the improvement in the power factor due to nanostructuring are rare, probably because of experimental difficulties. It is shown, however, that there is ample evidence of nanostructured material with a reduced lattice thermal conductivity . Observations on nanoelements and on bulk nanostructures are described.

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Goldsmid, H.J. (2016). Properties of Nanostructured Materials. In: Introduction to Thermoelectricity. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49256-7_12

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