Thermoelectricity of Low-Dimensional Nanostructured Materials

摘要

Efficient thermoelectric technologies of power generation, heat removal and thermal management by refrigeration require solid-state materials and structures with significantly improved thermoelectric characteristics. The achievements in physics of low dimensional structures and the development in the corresponding fabrication techniques has recently reopened the field of thermoelectricity in order to engineer solid-state systems with high thermoelectric performance. Some aspects of thermoelectricity and technology of low dimensional nanostructured materials are highlighted in the present paper. As illustration of the ways to improve the figure of merit and others thermoelectric parameters some recent achievements in the investigation of solid-state nanostructures with quantum wells, wires, and dots are reviewed.