 Thermoelectric figure of merit (source code)

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= Thermoelectric figure of merit
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The dimensionless material figure of merit is $ZT=S^2\sigma T/(\kappa_e+\kappa_l)$. Device efficiency depends on its temperature dependence and parasitic losses, not only on one peak value.

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