Thermal conductivity of semiconductor (bismuth-telluride)-semimetal (antimony) superlattice nanostructures

Acta Materialia

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 570-576

  Pinisetty, D ^a   Devireddy, R V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann transport equation; Matthiessen model; Nanotubes; Nanowires; Thermoelectric figure of merit

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH-TELLURIDE; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; BULK VALUE; MATTHIESSEN MODEL; MEAN FREE PATH; OUTER DIAMETERS; PARTICLE MODEL; SEGMENT LENGTHS; SEMI-METALS; SUPER-LATTICE STRUCTURES; SUPERLATTICE NANOWIRES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SUPERLATTICES; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; TUBE WALLS; WALL THICKNESS;

ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ELECTRIC WIRE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLOIDS; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; SUPERLATTICES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 70449473699     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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