Is the intrinsic thermoelectric power of carbon nanotubes positive

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 4361-4364

  Bradley, Keith ^a,b   Jhi, Seung Hoon ^a,b   Collins, Philip G ^a,b   Hone, J ^a,b   Cohen, Marvin L ^a,b   Louie, S G ^a,b   Zettl, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AIR; CARRIER MOBILITY; DESORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

GAS EXPOSURE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0034314508     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4361     Document Type: Article

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