Thermoelectric ZT figure of merit

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Energy Materials subtree

ZT = S^2 sigma T / kappa where S=Seebeck, sigma=conductivity, kappa=thermal conductivity; Bi2Te3 (ZT about 1) commercial, SnSe (Zhao 2014 ZT 2.6) record; phonon-glass-electron-crystal design.

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