Reversible thermoelectric nanomaterials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Humphrey, T E ^a,b   Linke, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC STATES; PHYSICAL EFFECTS;

BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER GENERATION; REFRIGERATION; STEAM TURBINES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 18144397257     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.096601     Document Type: Article

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