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Chapter 4 Optimisation and Selection of Semiconductor Thermoelements 4.1 Power Factor In recent years, it has been found convenient to introduce a quantity known as the power factor that contains both the Seebeck coefficient and the electrical conduc- tivity. The power factor is defined as ˛2 and is useful because ˛ and are the parameters that are most strongly dependent on the carrier concentration. The other quantity that is involved in the definition of the figure of merit is the thermal con- ductivity, . is less dependent on the concentration of the charge carriers since it