Enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit of CoSb 3 via large-defect scattering

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2301-2303

  Shi, X ^a   Chen, L ^a   Yang, J ^b   Meisner, G P ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS (EPMA); GRAIN-BOUNDARY SCATTERING (GBS); IONIZED IMPURITY SCATTERING (IIS); PHONON SCATTERING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ETCHING; FULLERENES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HALL EFFECT; HOLE MOBILITY; PHONONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2142815839     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1687997     Document Type: Article

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