Enhanced Seebeck coefficient through energy-barrier scattering in PbTe nanocomposites

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Martin, J ^a   Wang, Li ^b   Chen, Lidong ^b   Nolas, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

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EID: 64149108576     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.115311     Document Type: Article

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