Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of noble metal clathrates: Ba8M6Ge40(M = Cu, Ag, Au)

Materials Transactions

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 684-688

  Akai, Koji ^a   Koga, Kenji ^b   Matsuura, Mitsuru ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; Group IV clathrates; Noble metal doping; Thermoelectric properties

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ATOM COUPLING; GROUP-IV CLATHRATES; NOBLE METAL DOPING;

PRECIOUS METALS;

EID: 34249826322     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.48.684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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