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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Toward the Thermoelectric ZT Limit via the Quantification of Interface-Driven Carrier Sorting.

Xiwen Zhang, Yi-Ming Zhao, Liang Ma, Zhensen Chen, Yunfei Chen, Jinlan Wang, Lei Shen

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7 authors.

Xiwen ZhangSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5009-4330
Yi-Ming ZhaoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117575, Singapore.
Liang MaKey Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
Zhensen ChenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117575, Singapore.
Yunfei ChenSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
Jinlan WangKey Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
Lei ShenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117575, Singapore.

Funding

Big Data Center of Southeast UniversityChina Scholarship Council CSC202104910079Ministry of Education, Singapore A-8001194-00-00Ministry of Education, Singapore A-8001872-00-00National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFB3807200National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023ZD0120700National Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, Major Project BK20222007National Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, Major Project BK20232012National Supercomputing Center of TianjinNational Supercomputing Centre Singapore 11003869National Supercomputing Centre, SingaporeNatural Science Foundation of China 12204098Natural Science Foundation of China 22033002Natural Science Foundation of China 52035003Natural Science Foundation of China T2321002
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Abstract

Interfacial engineering is a promising strategy to enhance thermoelectric performance, but identifying and optimizing the interfacial carrier transport mechanisms required to approach the theoretical ZT limit remains challenging. Here, a unified, quantitative framework is presented to describe and correlate cross-interface transport with thermoelectric properties in heterostructures. Using SnSe/GeSe superlattices as a model, an effective interfacial energy-sorting potential (Φ

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carrier sortingheterostructuresinterfacial transportthermoelectric optimization

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