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Register a new userElectronic Structure, Transport and Phonons of SrAg$Ch$F ($Ch$=S, Se, Te): Bulk Superlattice Thermoelectrics
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Ganapathy Vaitheeswaran
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2015
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Physics
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We report calculations of the electronic structure, vibrational properties and transport for the p-type semiconductors, SrAg$Ch$F ($Ch$=S, Se and Te). We find soft phonons with low frequency optical branches intersecting the acoustic modes below 50 $cm^{-1}$, indicative of a material with low thermal conductivity. The bands at and near the valence band maxima are highly two dimensional, which leads to high thermopowers even at high carrier concentrations, which is a combination that suggests good thermoelectric performance. These materials may be regarded as bulk realizations of superlattice thermoelectrics.
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