Discovery of multivalley Fermi surface responsible for the high thermoelectric performance in Yb

Authors: Christopher J. Perez, Maxwell Wood, Francesco Ricci, Guodong Yu, Trinh Vo, Sabah K. Bux, Geoffroy Hautier, Gian-Marco Rignanese, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Susan M. Kauzlarich

Published: 2021-01-20

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe9439

Source: Full article

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Abstract

A multivalley Fermi surface in a multiband electronic structure leads to unconventional trends in electronic properties.