Effect of mixed grain sizes on thermoelectric performance of Bi2 Te3 compound

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Li Dong ^a,b   Zhang, Bo Ping ^b   Liu, Wei Shu ^a,b   Li, Jing Feng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL SPRAYING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMBINED EFFECTS; DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE OF MERITS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITIES; FINE PARTICLES; GRAIN SIZES; NON-UNIFORM MICROSTRUCTURES; NONLINEAR CHANGES; PEAK VALUES; PERCOLATION PHENOMENON; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; SEEBECK; SPARK PLASMAS; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

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EID: 59349091855     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3063694     Document Type: Article

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