Electronic efficiency in nanostructured thermionic and thermoelectric devices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  O'Dwyer, M F ^a   Lewis, R A ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Humphrey, T E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

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EID: 29744438976     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.205330     Document Type: Article

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