Enhanced thermoelectricity in composites by electronic structure modifications and nanostructuring

A. Popescu and L. M. Woods The thermoelectric performance of nanocomposites with locally distorted density of states is investigated. The analytical expressions we have derived allow us to explore the effects of localized states modeled as Lorentzians on the materials transport properties in terms of their sharpness and locat ... [Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 052102 (2010)] published Wed Aug 4, 2010.