Anomalously high thermoelectric figure of merit in Bi1-x-Sbx nanowires by carrier pocket alignment

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-83

  Rabin, Oded ^a   Lin, Yu Ming ^a   Dresselhaus, Mildred S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0035796758     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1379365     Document Type: Article

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