The strong thermoelectric effect in nanocarbon generated by the ballistic phonon drag of electrons

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 26, 2007, Pages

  Eidelman, E D ^a,b   Vul', A Ya ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; DRAG; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; PHONONS; PROBABILITY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

BALLISTIC PHONONS; CHAOTIC PHONONS; DRAG EFFECTS; ELECTRON COLLISIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 34250718740     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/26/266210     Document Type: Article

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