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Thermoelectric Power Factor Calculator for Nanocrystalline Composites

By Terence Musho, Greg Walker

Vanderbilt University

Quantum Simulation of the Seebeck Coefficient and Electrical Conductivity in a 2D Nanocrystalline Composite Structure using Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions

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Version 1.1.1 - published on 20 Jul 2009

DOI: 10254/nanohub-r5603.5 cite this

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Abstract Using ballistic NEGF, the fortran code calculates the Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity from IV characteristics on a 2d nanocrystalline composite structure. A temperature difference is imposed on the device, which produces a current (Seebeck effect). A bias is applied such that the net current in the device is zero. This applied bias is the Seebeck voltage. The slope of the IV curve at the Seebeck voltage is the electrical conductivity. The nanocrystal is assumed to have a square cross section. Reflective boundary conditions are imposed on the the top and bottom edge of the domain.
Model Details:
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2d Effective Mass Hamiltonian
Ballistic Transport
Strained Crystal Material Band Structure
Anderson Mixing Self Consistent Method
Adaptive Integration Steps of Energy
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Walker, D.G., - Vanderbilt University

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http://telab.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/

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  • Terence Musho; Greg Walker (2009), "Thermoelectric Power Factor Calculator for Nanocrystalline Composites," DOI: 10254/nanohub-r5603.5. (DOI: 10254/nanohub-r5603.5).

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  1. 2D
  2. ballistic
  3. Ballistic Nanotransistor
  4. ballistic transport
  5. band structure
  6. computational electronics
  7. computational materials
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  9. density of states
  10. device physics
  11. electronic cooling
  12. energy levels
  13. energy states
  14. Energy Transfer
  15. material properties
  16. materials
  17. material science
  18. nanocircuits
  19. nanocomposites
  20. nanocrystalline deformation
  21. nanoelectronics
  22. photon detection
  23. quantum dots
  24. quantum-mechanical size quantization
  25. quantum mechanics
  26. quantum transport
  27. quantum wells
  28. Schroedinger
  29. seebeck peltier
  30. SiC
  31. Si. GaN
  32. silicon photonics
  33. Simulation
  34. simulation and modeling
  35. thermal effect
  36. Thermal motion
  37. thermal transport
  38. thermodynamics
  39. thermoelectric
  40. thermoelectricity
  41. transport/Boltzmann
  42. transport/quantum

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