Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Physical Review Letters
Publication Date
Page Number
146601
Volume
110
Issue
14
Abstract
Reduced dimensionality has long been regarded as an important strategy for increasing thermoelectric performance, for example in superlattices and other engineered structures. Here we point out and
illustrate by examples that three dimensional bulk materials can be made to behave as if they were two dimensional from the point of view of thermoelectric performance. Implications
for the discovery of new practical thermoelectrics are discussed.
