Thermoelectric figure-of-merit barrier at minimum lattice thermal conductivity?

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 860-862

  Min, Gao ^a   Rowe, D M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001187985     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1306652     Document Type: Article

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