The electronic, chemical and mechanical properties of quantum dot structures may lead to thermoelectric devices with a range of advantages with respect to existing ones based on bulk polycrystalline materials.
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Urban, J. Prospects for thermoelectricity in quantum dot hybrid arrays. Nature Nanotech 10, 997–1001 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.289
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