Improved thermoelectric properties of Mg2SixGe ySn1-x-y nanoparticle-in-alloy materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Wang, S ^a   Mingo, N ^b  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY MATERIALS; GE NANOPARTICLES; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NON-TOXIC ALTERNATIVES; PBTE; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; GERMANIUM; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TIN; TIN ALLOYS;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 65949108817     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3139785     Document Type: Article

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