Improved Thermoelectric Power Factor in Metal-Based Superlattices

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Vashaee, Daryoosh ^a   Shakouri, Ali ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COOLING; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERMI LEVEL; INFRARED DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMIONIC EMISSION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

HETEROSTRUCTURE INTEGRATED THERMIONIC (HIT) COOLERS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTOR;

METALLIC SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 2142815781     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.106103     Document Type: Article

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