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ArticleNature communications2025

Dimensional transport crossovers in thermoelectrics revealed by a simple transport model.

Xiaoxuan Zhang, Thomas C Chasapis, Kaiqing Lu, Maxwell Thomas Dylla, Meizhu Huang, G Jeffrey Snyder, Yue Lin

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Xiaoxuan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Devices, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China.
Thomas C ChasapisDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Kaiqing LuState Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Devices, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China.
Maxwell Thomas DyllaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Meizhu HuangState Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Devices, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China.
G Jeffrey SnyderDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. jeff.snyder@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1414-8682
Yue LinState Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Devices, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China. linyue@fjirsm.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9196-9180

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Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, National Science Foundation (Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing) NSF DMREF #1729487National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52273029National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF ECCS-2025633Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation) 2023J06045U.S. Department of Commerce (United States Department of Commerce) 70NANB19H005
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Abstract

Quantum confinement gives low-dimensional materials distinctive electronic behaviour, but assessing their effective band structure dimensionality (D) is difficult. Conventional probes such as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) or scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) demand ultra clean surfaces and expensive facilities. We introduce a generalized transport model that functions as an internal dimensionality meter: by tracking how the Seebeck coefficient varies with carrier concentration or temperature, we deduce D from two scaling laws,

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