Self-supporting nanowire arrays templated in sacrificial branched porous anodic alumina for thermoelectric devices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Biswas, Kalapi G ^a   El Matbouly, Hatem ^a   Rawat, Vijay ^a   Schroeder, Jeremy L ^a   Sands, Timothy D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ANODIZATIONS; BULK MATERIALS; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; INTERCONNECTED PORES; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; POROUS ANODIC ALUMINA; SELF-HEATING; TEMPLATE MATERIAL; TEMPLATED; TEMPLATED SYNTHESIS; THERMAL SHUNT; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC NANOWIRES;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM SHEET; ELECTRIC WIRE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 69249187559     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3207756     Document Type: Article

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