New Materials and Performance Limits for Thermoelectric Cooling

34.4 Introduction Systematic Search Historical Review New Materials Phonon "Glasses" Desired Performance PGEC Relaxation of A,,. Assumption Band Gaps of Semiconductors Carrier Mobilities Background Explanation Electronegativities and Good Thermoelectric Semiconductors Dopant and Mixed-Crystal Effects on Mobilities Dopant Effects on the Weighted Mobility Mixed-Crystal Effects on Mobility Weighted Mobility Lattice Thermal Conductivity Phonon Scattering Mechanisms New Amin Crystals and New Thermoelectrics Conclusions From the Analysis Appendix: Calculation of ZT for PGEC References

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