Thermoelectric properties of sintered ZnO incorporating nanovid structure: Influence of the size and number density of nanovoids

International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 112-116

  Ohtaki, Michitaka ^a,b   Hayashi, Ryosuke ^a   Araki, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHONONS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

AL-DOPED ZNO; AVERAGE DIAMETER; DENSE MATRICES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; NANO-VOIDS; NUMBER DENSITIES; PHONON-SCATTERING; POROUS STRUCTURES; THERMOELECTRICS;

POROSITY;

EID: 51849099495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICT.2007.4569436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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