Thermoelectric properties of lanthanide based intermetallics

Funtai Oyobi Fummatsu Yakin/Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 370-374

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

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intermetallics; Lanthanide; Palladium; Thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE; P-TYPE THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS; POWER FACTOR;

INTERMETALLICS;

EID: 34547977084     PISSN: 05328799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2497/jjspm.54.370     Document Type: Article

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