This invention discloses a method and
system for screening high-performance layered
nitride thermoelectric materials, comprising: obtaining a series of
crystal structures of initial layered nitrides; performing magnetic tests on the materials using first-principles calculations to select non-magnetic materials; optimizing the structure of non-magnetic materials, and after calculation convergence, performing static calculations and
electronic band structure calculations to select materials with a
band gap range of 0.1~3 eV and high band structure degeneracy; calculating the
partial charge density of the materials to determine whether there is a two-dimensional
electron gas, i.e., alternating conductive and insulating
layers; determining stability by performing
phonon spectrum and
molecular dynamics simulations on the materials to select materials with no imaginary frequencies in the
phonon spectrum and stable dynamics; calculating the
thermal transport properties of the materials, obtaining the
lattice thermal conductivity and Green'sson parameters, and searching for materials with strong anharmonicity; and finally performing
electrical transport calculations to obtain the ZT value of the materials.