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Thermoelectric measurements

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Joseph Heremans and Joshua Martin discuss the reproducibility of thermoelectric measurements and conclude that the uncertainty on the figure of merit zT is of the order of 15–20%.

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Fig. 1: Thermoelectric measurements.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Joseph P. Heremans

  2. Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

    Joshua Martin

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Correspondence to Joseph P. Heremans.

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Heremans, J.P., Martin, J. Thermoelectric measurements. Nat. Mater. 23, 18–19 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01726-7

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