Microstructural and thermoelectric characteristics of zinc oxide-based thermoelectric materials fabricated using a spark plasma sintering process

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 628-632

  Kim, Kyoung Hun ^a   Shim, Seung Hwan ^a   Shim, Kwang Bo ^a   Niihara, Koichi ^b,d   Hojo, Junichi ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPARK PLASMA SINTERING PROCESS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN GROWTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PHOTONS; SINTERING; THERMOELECTRICITY; ZINC OXIDE;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 29744446228     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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