The effect of Mg doping on the thermoelectric performance of Zn4 Sb3

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Pedersen, Birgitte L ^a   Birkedal, Henrik ^a   Nygren, Mats ^b   Frederiksen, Poul Toft ^c   Iversen, Bo B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION DOPING; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW TEMPERATURE PHASE TRANSITIONS; MG-DOPED; MG-DOPING; PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; SAMPLE COMPACTION; SINGLE-PHASE MATERIALS; SYNCHROTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFRACTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONEGATIVITY; NICKEL OXIDE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POWDERS; RIETVELD METHOD; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SYNCHROTRONS; ZINC;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 67649767082     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3037203     Document Type: Article

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