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We study Density Functional Theory models for systems which are translationally invariant in some directions, such as a homogeneous 2-d slab in the 3-d space. We show how the different terms of the energy are modified and we derive reduced…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-12-24 David Gontier , Salma Lahbabi , Abdallah Maichine

We present thermoelectric properties of Be$_2$C monolayer based on density functional theory and semi-classical Boltzmann transport theory. Electronic structure calculations predict this material as a semiconductor with a direct bandgap of…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-27 Gautam Sharma , K. C. Bhamu

Thermoelectric power (TEP) is measured in bilayer graphene for various temperatures and charge-carrier densities. At low temperatures, measured TEP well follows the semiclassical Mott formula with a hyperbolic dispersion relation. TEP for a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-14 Seung-Geol Nam , Dong-Keun Ki , Hu-Jong Lee

The effects of electronic correlations and orbital degeneracy on thermoelectric properties are studied within the context of multi-orbital Hubbard models on different lattices. We use dynamical mean field theory with iterative perturbation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-16 Mehdi Kargarian , Gregory A. Fiete

PbTe is a leading mid-range thermoelectric material with a $zT$ that has been enhanced by, amongst other methods, band engineering. Here we present an experimental study of the Hall effect, quantum oscillations, specific heat, and electron…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-09 P. Walmsley , D. M. Abrams , J. Straquadine , M. K. Chan , R. D. McDonald , P. Giraldo-Gallo , I. R. Fisher

We study the dynamical thermoelectric transport in metals subjected to the electron-impurity and the electron-phonon interactions using the memory function formalism. We introduce a generalized Drude form for the Seebeck coefficient in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-05-23 Pankaj Bhalla , Pradeep Kumar , Nabyendu Das , Navinder Singh

We investigate the thermoelectric propeties of the electron-doped FeAs$_2$ both experimentally and theoretically. Electrons are doped by partially substituting Se for As, which leads to a metallic behavior in the resistivity. A Seebeck…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-09-06 Hidetomo Usui , Kazuhiko Kuroki , Seiya Nakano , Kazutaka Kudo , Minoru Nohara

The thermoelectric response of 80-nm-thick strained HgTe films of a three-dimensional topological insulator (3D TI) has been studied experimentally. An ambipolar thermopower is observed where the Fermi energy moves from conducting to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 G. M. Gusev , Z. D. Kvon , A. D. Levin , N. N. Mikhailov

Efficient thermoelectric materials require a rare and contraindicated combination of materials properties: large electrical conductivity, large Seebeck coefficient, and low thermal conductivity. One strategy to achieve the first two…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-30 Eric B. Isaacs , Chris Wolverton

The role of dimensionality on the electronic performance of thermoelectric devices is clarified using the Landauer formalism, which shows that the thermoelectric coefficients are related to the transmission, T(E), and how the conducing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-15 Raseong Kim , Supriyo Datta , Mark S. Lundstrom

The energy band structures caused by self-energy shifting that results in bound energy levels broadening and merging in warm dense aluminum and beryllium are observed. An energy band theory for warm dense matter (WDM) is proposed and a new…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-12-21 Chang Gao , Shen Zhang , X. T. He , Wei Kang , Ping Zhang , Mohan Chen , Cong Wang

We investigate the electrical conductivity and thermoelectric effects in topological crystalline insulators in the presence of short- and long-range impurity interactions. We employ the generalized Boltzmann formalism for anisotropic Fermi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-29 Babak Zare Rameshti , Reza Asgari

Electronic frustration and strong correlations may lead to large Seebeck coefficients. To understand this physics on general grounds, we compute the thermopower of the one-band Hubbard model on the 3-dimensional fcc lattice over the whole…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-10-18 Louis-François Arsenault , B. Sriram Shastry , Patrick Sémon , A. -M. S. Tremblay

Quantum strongly correlated matter exhibits properties which are not easily explainable in the conventional framework of Fermi liquids. Universal effective field theory tools are applicable in these cases regardless of the microscopic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-08-11 Tomas Andrade , Alexander Krikun

This article is a review o over theory of superconductivity, which is constructed for systems with two overlapping energy bands at the Fermi surface and with arbitrary charge carrier density.There is taken into account all possible kinds of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 M. E. Palistrant

We present results of electronic band structure, Fermi surface and electron transport properties calculations in orthorhombic $n$- and $p$-type SnSe, applying Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method and Boltzmann transport approach. The analysis…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-11 K. Kutorasinski , B. Wiendlocha , S. Kaprzyk , J. Tobola

Recent research on twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) uncovered that its twist-angle-dependent electronic structure leads to a host of unique properties, such as superconductivity, correlated insulating states, and magnetism. The flat bands…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-29 Adithya Kommini , Zlatan Aksamija

We study theoretically the effects of anisotropy on the thermoelectric performance of $p$-type AgBiSe$_2$. We present an apparent realization of the thermoelectric benefits of one-dimensional "plate-like" carrier pocket anisotropy in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-14 David Parker , Andrew F. May , David J. Singh

High-performance thermoelectric oxides could offer a great energy solution for integrated and embedded applications in sensing and electronics industries. Oxides, however, often suffer from low Seebeck coefficient when compared with other…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-25 M. Hussein N. Assadi , J. Julio Gutiérrez Moreno , Marco Fronzi

Optical and transport properties of materials depend heavily upon features of electronic band structures in proximity to energy extrema in the Brillouin zone (BZ). Such features are generally described in terms of multi-dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-04-29 Nicholas A. Mecholsky , Lorenzo Resca , Ian L. Pegg , Marco Fornari