Improved thermoelectric performance in Yb14Mn 1-xZnxSb11 by the reduction of spin-disorder scattering

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3412-3419

  Brown, Shawna R ^a   Toberer, Eric S ^b   Ikeda, Teruyuki ^b   Cox, Catherine A ^a   Gascoin, Franck ^b,c,d   Kauzlarich, Susan M ^a   Snyder, G Jeffrey ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

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RARE-EARTH TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

METALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

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EID: 45749131762     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm703616q     Document Type: Article

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