3.1 Thermoelectric Properties of AGNRs

Recent studies have investigated the thermoelectric properties of AGNRs in the presence of vacancies and edge defects [58,71]. The results show that by increasing the number of defects, the figure of merit decreases. The enhanced phonon scattering on the boundaries of nanostructures is the primary motivation of using nanostructures for thermoelectrics. In this section, we explore the role of geometrical parameters and temperature on the ballistic and diffusive thermoelectric properties.