Maximizing thermoelectric waste-heat recovery using quantitative band-structure design rules based on Boltzmann transport theory
"thermoelectric material development hindered by complex interdependent physical variables/ empirical trial-and-error, overcome optimizing high-efficiency thermoelectric materials' band structure... performance-degrading bipolar effect triggers when environmental thermal energy hits roughly 5X material's band gap energy... thermoelectric efficiency maximized when band-converged systems' charge-carrier energies match... explains how chemical potential guides optimal element doping"
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