High thermoelectric figure of merit and nanostructuring in bulk p-type Na1-xPbmSbyTem+2

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 3835-3839

  Poudeu, Pierre F P ^a   D'Angelo, Jonathan ^b   Downey, Adam D ^b   Short, Jarrod L ^b   Hogan, Timothy P ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Nanostructures; Semiconductors; Tellurides; Thermoelectric materials

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY;

NANOSTRUCTURING; TELLURIDES; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33746256469     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600865     Document Type: Article

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