The promise of nanocomposite thermoelectric materials

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1166, Issue , 2009, Pages 29-41

  Dresselhaus, M S ^a   Chen, G ^a   Ren, Z F ^b   McEnaney, K ^a   Dresselhaus, G ^a   Fleurial, J P ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSYSTEMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

LABORATORY STUDIES; NANO-STRUCTURING; POWER FACTORS; SILICON GERMANIUM; STRUCTURAL ORDERING; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE;

THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 74749104263     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-1166-n02-01     Document Type: Conference Paper

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