A bottom-up route to enhance thermoelectric figures of merit in graphene nanoribbons
Nature Scientific Reports 3, 1228 (2013).
H. Sevinçli, C. Sevik, T. Çain, and G. Cuniberti.
Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01228

We propose a hybrid nano-structuring scheme for tailoring thermal and thermoelectric transport properties of graphene nanoribbons. Geometrical structuring and isotope cluster engineering are the elements that constitute the proposed scheme. Using first-principles based force constants and Hamiltonians, we show that the thermal conductance of graphene nanoribbons can be reduced by 98.8% at room temperature and the thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, can be as high as 3.25 at T = 800K. The proposed scheme relies on a recently developed bottom-up fabrication method, which is proven to be feasible for synthesizing graphene nanoribbons with an atomic precision.

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A bottom-up route to enhance thermoelectric figures of merit in graphene nanoribbons
Nature Scientific Reports 3, 1228 (2013).
H. Sevinçli, C. Sevik, T. Çain, and G. Cuniberti.
Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01228

We propose a hybrid nano-structuring scheme for tailoring thermal and thermoelectric transport properties of graphene nanoribbons. Geometrical structuring and isotope cluster engineering are the elements that constitute the proposed scheme. Using first-principles based force constants and Hamiltonians, we show that the thermal conductance of graphene nanoribbons can be reduced by 98.8% at room temperature and the thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, can be as high as 3.25 at T = 800K. The proposed scheme relies on a recently developed bottom-up fabrication method, which is proven to be feasible for synthesizing graphene nanoribbons with an atomic precision.

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