A researcher in materials for the thermoelectric effect who coauthored a review with G. Jeffrey Snyder. Their account explains the competing requirements for a high thermoelectric figure of merit: useful electrical transport must coexist with weak heat transport. Complex crystal structures and nanoscale design offer ways to suppress the phonon contribution to thermal conductivity while retaining useful electronic behavior.[ref]
Complex thermoelectric materials by G. Jeffrey Snyder and Eric S. Toberer. Abstract and Figs. 1–3: conflicting transport requirements and structural design
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