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We study the electronic transport coefficients and the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT in $n$-doped Mg$_3$Sb$_2$ based on density-functional electronic structure and Bloch-Boltzmann transport theory with an energy- and…

We predict high thermoelectric efficiency in the layered perovskite La$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$, based on calculations (mostly ab-initio) of the electronic structure, transport coefficients, and thermal conductivity in a wide temperature range. The…

The electronic properties of the layered black phosphorus (black-P) and its monolayer counterpart phosphorene are investigated by using the first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT). The room-temperature…

We solved the Anderson Lattice Hamiltonian to get the energy bands of a strongly correlated semiconductor by using slave boson mean field theory. The transport properties were calculated in the relaxation-time approximation,and the…

The electronic structures and thermoelectric properties of $\mathrm{Cs_2[PdCl_4]I_2}$ are investigated by the first-principles calculations and semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory. Both electron and phonon transport are considered to…

To increase the performance of thermoelectric materials, the electronic parameters in the figure of merit must be improved. In this paper, we use full, numerical band structures and solve the Boltzmann equation in the relaxation time…

We study the thermoelectric properties of three-dimensional topological Anderson insulators with line dislocations. We show that at high densities of dislocations the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT can be dominated by one-dimensional…

Using first-principles density functional perturbation theory based calculations of length-dependent lattice thermal conductivity (\k{appa} L ) and using our previously calculated results (Phys Rev B 95 085435 (2017)) of electrical…

Thermoelectric properties of the system La$_2$NiO$_{4+\delta}$ have been recently discussed [Phys. Rev. B 86, 165114 (2012)] via ab initio calculations. An optimum hole-doping value was obtained with reasonable thermopower and…

Using first-principles density-functional theory calculations, we predict the potential for unprecedented thermoelectric efficiency $zT=5$ at 800 K in $n$-type Ba$_{2}$BiAu full-Heusler compound. Such a high efficiency arises from an…

We show that a molecular junction can give large values of the thermoelectric figure of merit $ZT$, and so could be used as a solid state energy conversion device that operates close to the Carnot efficiency. The mechanism is similar to the…

The lattice thermal conductivity ($\kappa_{\rm L}$) of PbTiO$_3$ (PTO) is estimated using a combination of {\em ab initio} calculations and semiclassical Boltzmann transport equation. The computed $\kappa_{\rm L}$ is remarkably low, nearly…

We use first-principles electronic structure methods to calculate the electronic thermoelectric properties (i.e. due to electronic transport only) of single-crystalline bulk $n$-type silicon-germanium alloys vs Ge composition, temperature,…

Dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit $ZT$ is investigated for two-dimensional organic conductors $\tau-(EDO-S,S-DMEDT-TTF)_2(AuI_2)_{1+y}$, $\tau$-(EDT-S,S-DMEDT-TTF)_2(AuI_2)_{1+y}$ and $\tau$-(P-S,S-DMEDT-TTF)_2(AuI_2)_{1+y}$ ($y…

Recently, $\mathrm{BaSn_2}$ is predicted to be a strong topological insulator by the first-principle calculations. It is well known that topological insulator has a close connection to thermoelectric material, such as $\mathrm{Bi_2Te_3}$…

The electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of ZrRuTe-based Half-Heusler compounds are studied using density functional theory (DFT) and Boltzmann transport formalism. Based on rigorous computations of electron relaxation time…

Excellent thermoelectric performance in the out-of-layer n-doped SnSe has been observed experimentally (Chang et al., Science 360, 778-783 (2018)). However, a first-principles investigation of the dominant scattering mechanisms governing…

The electronic and transport properties of the half-Heusler compound LaPtSb are investigated by performing first-principles calculations combined with semi-classical Boltzmann theory and deformation potential theory. Compared with many…

The thermoelectric properties of distorted bismuth (110) layer are investigated using first-principles calculations combined with the Boltzmann transport equation for both electrons and phonons. To accurately predict the electronic and…

The lattice thermal conductivity of the candidate thermoelectric material Mg$_3$Sb$_2$ is studied from first principles, with the inclusion of anharmonic, isotope, and boundary scattering processes, and via an accurate solution of the…