Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 81, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.113401
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- European Union [IST-021285-2]
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [SPP1386, CU 44/11-1]
- cluster of excellence of the Free State of Saxony ECEMP-European Center for Emerging Materials and Processes Dresden [A2]
- European Social Funds (ESF) in Saxony (research group InnovaSens)
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We investigate electron and phonon transport through edge-disordered zigzag graphene nanoribbons based on the same methodological tool of nonequilibrium Green functions. We show that edge disorder dramatically reduces phonon thermal transport while being only weakly detrimental to electronic conduction. The behavior of the electronic and phononic elastic mean-free paths points to the possibility of realizing an electron-crystal coexisting with a phonon-glass. The calculated thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) values qualify zigzag graphene nanoribbons as a very promising material for thermoelectric applications.
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