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(In, Al) Co-Doped Zinc Oxide As A Novel Material System For Quantum-Well Multilayer Thermoelectrics, Sean C. Teehan
(In, Al) Co-Doped Zinc Oxide As A Novel Material System For Quantum-Well Multilayer Thermoelectrics, Sean C. Teehan
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Waste heat recovery from low efficiency industrial processes requires high performance thermoelectric materials to meet challenging requirements. The efficiency such a device is quantified by the dimensionless figure of merit ZT=S2σT/қ, where S is the Seebeck coefficient, σ is the electrical conductivity, T is the absolute temperature and қ is the thermal conductivity. For practical applications these devices are only cost-effective if the ZT is higher than 2.