High-thermoelectric figure of merit realized in p-type half-heusler compounds: ZrCoSnxSb1-x

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 25-28, 2007, Pages

  Sekimoto, Takeyuki ^a   Kurosaki, Ken ^a   Muta, Hiroaki ^a   Yamanaka, Shinsuke ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimensionless figure of merit; Effective mass; Electrical resistivity; Half heusler; Hall measurement; Power factor; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectric power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; LIGHT SCATTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE OF MERIT; EFFECTIVE MASS; HALF-HEUSLER; HALL MEASUREMENT;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34547838441     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.L673     Document Type: Article

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