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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>I am having a few questions regarding how to analyse the outputs of BoltzWann correctly.</p>
<p>1. When the thermoelectric results are calculated over a range of chemical potentials, at what value of chemical potential should I pick out the thermoelectric properties such that they are reasonably closest to the real physical properties of the system? Is this in any way related to the Fermi level calculated by the nscf calculation by QE? I haven't obtained any experimental data yet and I am trying to use BoltzWann to help guide my syntheses, so I would like to get as much meaningful physical insights from these calculations as possible.</p>
<p>2. How should I treat the effect of anisotropy as BoltzWann outputs the thermoelectric properties as tensors where, in most, if not all, cases, the xx, yy and zz components are not identical / vastly different. I think anisotropy only applies to single crystals, and my system consists of polycrystalline grains, so some averaging must have taken place in reality to result in apparent isotropy. But I am not sure how to process BoltzWann data to take into account this averaging. My ultimate goal is to investigate how the figure of merit ZT varies with temperature, so perhaps I will need to average the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity.</p>
<p>My apology of these questions seem elementary, as I have not had much experience with solid-state physics/chemistry. I really look forward to your reply.</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
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<pre><strong>Bang C. Huynh<br /></strong>Peterhouse<br />University of Cambridge<br />CB2 1RD<br />The United Kingdom</pre>
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