Thermoelectric materials with potential high power factors for electricity generation

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1268-1272

  Li, Qiang ^a   Lin, Zhiwei ^a   Zhou, Juan ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobaltate; Filled skutterudite; Melt spinning; Thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; COBALTATE; COBALTATES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FERMI ENERGY LEVELS; FILLED SKUTTERUDITE; FILLED SKUTTERUDITES; HIGH POWER FACTOR; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM SYNTHESIS; P-TYPE; POWER FACTORS; RAPID CONVERSION; RESONANT PEAKS; STRONG ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRICS; TUNING PARAMETER;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; MELT SPINNING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 67650445059     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-008-0628-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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