Thermoelectric properties of p-type half-Heusler compound HfPtSn and improvement for high-performance by Ir and Co additions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Kimura, Yoshisato ^a   Zama, Akihisa ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COBALT; ELECTRONS; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; IRIDIUM; OPTIMIZATION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

HEUSLER COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; VALENCE ELECTRON;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 33750451576     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2364721     Document Type: Article

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