Cubic AgPbmSbTe2+m: Bulk Thermoelectric Materials with High Figure of Merit

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5659, 2004, Pages 818-821

  Hsu, Kuei Fang ^a   Loo, Sim ^a   Guo, Fu ^a   Chen, Wei ^b   Dyck, Jeffrey S ^b   Uher, Ctirad ^b   Hogan, Tim ^a   Polychroniadis, E K ^c   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; LEAD; TELLURIUM;

ELECTRICITY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; HEAT TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0842331448     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1092963     Document Type: Article

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