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20162026
most citedElectron-phonon scattering and thermoelectric transport in -type PbTe from first principles

66 citations · 268 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Generalized deformation potential and machine-learning approaches for electron-phonon coupling and thermoelectric transport in semiconductors

Ransell D'Souza, Ivana Savic

The ability to compute electron-phonon coupling from first principles, using density functional perturbation theory and interpolation techniques, has enabled predictive calculation…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 15 cited

Temperature induced band convergence, intervalley scattering and thermoelectric transport in p-type PbTe

Ransell D'Souza, José D. Querales-Flores, Jiang Cao +2

Achieving high valley degeneracy (i.e. "band convergence") in a material usually results in considerably enhanced thermoelectric properties. However, it is still unclear why this s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 66 cited

Electron-phonon scattering and thermoelectric transport in -type PbTe from first principles

Ransell D'Souza, Jiang Cao, José D. Querales-Flores +2

We present a first principles based model of electron-phonon scattering mechanisms and thermoelectric transport at the L and valleys in <200b>-type PbTe, accounting for thei…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 26 cited

Strain induced large enhancement of thermoelectric figure-of-merit () in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers ZrX (X= S, Se, Te)

Ransell D'Souza, Sugata Mukherjee, Sohail Ahmad

Two-dimensional group IV transition-metal dichalcogenides have encouraging thermoelectric applications since their electronic and lattice properties can be manipulated with strain.…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 14 cited

Enhancement of thermoelectric figure-of-merit of Graphene upon BN-doping and sample length reduction

Ransell D'Souza, Sugata Mukherjee

Using first-principles density functional perturbation theory based calculations of length-dependent lattice thermal conductivity (\k{appa} L ) and using our previously calculated…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 34 cited

Length dependent lattice thermal conductivity of single \& multi layered hexagonal boron nitride: A first-principles study using the Callaway-Klemens \& real space super cell methods

Ransell D'Souza, Sugata Mukherjee

The phonon dispersion, density of states, Grüneisen parameters, and the lattice thermal conductivity of single- and multi-layered boron nitride were calculated using first-principl…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 13 cited

Influence of Interface Geometry on Phase Stability and Bandgap Engineering in Boron Nitride substituted Graphene: A Combined First-principles and Monte Carlo Study

Ransell D'Souza, Sugata Mukherjee, Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta

Using combination of Density Functional Theory and Monte Carlo simulation, we study the phase stability and electronic properties of two dimensional hexagonal composites of boron n…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 55 cited

First-principles study of the electrical and lattice thermal transport in monolayer and bilayer graphene

Ransell D'Souza, Sugata Mukherjee

We report the transport properties of monolayer and bilayer graphene from first principles calculations and Boltzmann transport theory (BTE). Our resistivity studies on monolayer g…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 33 cited

Thermoelectric Transport in Graphene/-BN/Graphene Heterostructures: A Computational Study

Ransell D'Souza, Sugata Mukherjee

We present first principles study of thermoelectric transport properties of sandwiched heterostructure of Graphene (G)/hexagonal Boron Nitride (BN)/G, based on Boltzmann transport…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 12 cited

Electronic Structure, Phase Stability and Resistivity of Hybrid Hexagonal C(BN) Two-dimensional Nanomaterial: A First-principles Study

Ransell D'Souza, Sugata Mukherjee

We use density functional theory based first-principles method to investigate the bandstructure and phase stability in the laterally grown hexagonal C(BN), two-dimensio…