has driven the discovery and development of new thermoelectric materials with less expensive and more environmentally friendly elements. Zn, Sb, and Sn are inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, and sufficiently abundant elements to be viable for commercial applications. [2] The efficient use of thermoelectric materials depends upon its dimensionless figure of merit, zT:
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