TY - GEN
T1 - Mass anisotropy effects on the thermoelectric figure of merit and Seebeck coefficient
AU - Ikeda, Kazuma
AU - Yago, Toshihisa
AU - Matoba, Masanori
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - The effects of scattering anisotropy caused by mass anisotropy on the thermoelectric figure of merit and Seebeck coefficient are investigated. The wave-vector-dependent relaxation time is considered to yield transport coefficients. The thermoelectric figure of merit parallel to the conduction layer of a material is shown to decrease as the anisotropy increases. The Seebeck coefficient is shown to be nearly, but not strictly, isotropic.
AB - The effects of scattering anisotropy caused by mass anisotropy on the thermoelectric figure of merit and Seebeck coefficient are investigated. The wave-vector-dependent relaxation time is considered to yield transport coefficients. The thermoelectric figure of merit parallel to the conduction layer of a material is shown to decrease as the anisotropy increases. The Seebeck coefficient is shown to be nearly, but not strictly, isotropic.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICT.2006.331372
DO - 10.1109/ICT.2006.331372
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:46149093505
SN - 1424408105
SN - 9781424408108
T3 - International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings
SP - 293
EP - 295
BT - Proceedings ICT'06 - 25th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
T2 - ICT'06 - 25th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
Y2 - 6 August 2006 through 10 August 2006
ER -