Effects of metal doping on thermoelectric properties of arc-melted and hot-pressed β-rhombohedral boron

Materials Transactions

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-599

  Kim, H K ^a   Nakayama, T ^a,b   Shimizu, J ^a,c   Kimura, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ULVAC INC   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

rhombohedral boron; Dimensionless figure of merit; Electrical conductivity; Metal doping; Seebeck coefficient; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectric materials

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; METALS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

METAL DOPING; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

BORON;

EID: 42349102214     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.E-MRA2007890     Document Type: Article

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