Thermoelectric Properties of Scaled Silicon NanowiresUsing the sp3d 5s*- SO Atomistic Tight-Binding Model and Boltzmann Transport
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Atomistic Analysis of Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon Nanowires
The spds-spin-orbit-coupled tight-binding model and linearized Boltzmann transport theory is applied to calculate the electrical conductivity, the Seebeck coefficient, and the power factor of silicon nanowires (NWs) with diameters D<12nm. Using experimentally measured values for the lattice thermal conductivity we estimate the room temperature thermoelectric figure of merit to be ZT~1. Keywords...
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