Thermoelectric performance of 2D materials: the band-convergence strategy and strong intervalley scatterings

The strategy of band convergence of multi-valley conduction bands or multi-peak valence bands has been widely used to search or improve thermoelectric materials. However, the phonon-assisted intervalley scatterings due to multiple band degeneracy are usually neglected in the thermoelectric community. In this work, we investigate the (thermo)electric properties of non-polar monolayer β- and α-antimonene considering full mode- and...