Methods of improving the efficiency of thermoelectric energy conversion and characteristic energy range of carriers

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 5181-5182

  Nishio, Yoshimasa ^a   Hirano, Tohru ^a  

^a DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential conductivity; Figure of merit; Functional derivative; Resonance scattering; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005147253     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.5181     Document Type: Article

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