ThermoElectric.electrical_properties

ThermoElectric.electrical_properties(E: numpy.ndarray, DoS: numpy.ndarray, vg: numpy.ndarray, Ef: numpy.ndarray, dfdE: numpy.ndarray, temp: numpy.ndarray, tau: numpy.ndarray) → dict[source]

This function returns electronic properties. Good references on this topic are: “Near-equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals And Applications” by Changwook Jeong and Mark S. Lundstrom “Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion: A Parallel Treatment of Electrons, Molecules, Phonons, and Photons” by Gang Chen.

Parameters

  • E (np.ndarray) – Energy range

  • DoS (np.ndarray) – Electron density of state

  • vg (np.ndarray) – Group velocity

  • Ef (np.ndarray) – Fermi level

  • dfdE (np.ndarray) – Fermi window

  • temp (np.ndarray) – Temperature range

  • tau (np.ndarray) – Lifetime

Returns

coefficients – Linear BTE prediction of electrical properties

Return type

dict