Nanostructures and enhanced thermoelectric properties in Ce-filled skutterudite bulk materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Zhai, P C ^a   Zhao, W Y ^a   Li, Y ^a   Liu, L S ^a   Tang, X F ^a   Zhang, Q J ^a   Niino, M ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHONONS; SEEBECK EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE IMAGES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION; QUANTUM EFFECT; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT;

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33748471771     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2234842     Document Type: Article

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