Enhancing the Thermoelectric Power Factor by Using Invisible Dopants
Journal article published in 2013 by
Mona Zebarjadi 
,
Bolin Liao,
Keivan Esfarjani,
Mildred Dresselhaus,
Gang Chen
,
Bolin Liao,
Keivan Esfarjani,
Mildred Dresselhaus,
Gang Chen
This paper is available in a repository.
Full text: Download
Published version:
archiving forbidden
Data provided by 
Abstract
Nanoparticle dopants are designed which are invisible to conduction electrons and have sharp dips in their electron scattering rate versus electron energy close to the Fermi level. Replacement of such dopants with traditional impurities results in simultaneous enhancement of the Seebeck coefficient and the electron mobility and therefore a large enhancement in the thermoelectric power factor can be achieved.