The carrier effective masses as well as thermoelectric and electronic properties of ternary chalcogenides compounds of the form Ag₃AuX₂(X = Se, Te) have been studied using first-principles method based on density functional theory. For the treatment of exchange-correlation energy, we have used the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) by Perdew, Burke and Ernzerhof (PBE-GGA) and Wu–Cohen (WU-GGA) schemes. Both the compounds (Ag₃AuSe₂ and Ag₃AuTe₂) are direct bandgap semiconductors. The p-type nature of these compounds is confirmed by the effective mass calculations. In thermoelectric measurements, different parameters (electrical conductivity, carrier concentration, Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity and thermoelectric power) are calculated. It is found that all these parameters increase with the increase in temperature for both the compounds. The obtained results for these compounds such as the direct bandgap nature and their high value of the thermoelectric power make them valuable candidates for different device applications.

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