Sb2Te3 nanoparticles with enhanced seebeck coefficient and low thermal conductivity

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3086-3092

  Chen, Jing ^a   Sun, Ting ^a   Sim, Daohao ^a   Peng, Haiyang ^b   Wang, Huatao ^b   Fan, Shufen ^a   Hng, Huey Hoon ^a   Ma, Jan ^a   Boey, Freddy Yin Chang ^a   Li, Sean ^c   Samani, Majid Kabiri ^d   Chen, George Chung Kit ^d   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Wu, Tom ^b   Yan, Qingyu ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST-FREE; DE BROGLIE WAVELENGTH; GROWTH TECHNIQUES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOPARTICLE FILMS; NEW DIRECTIONS; PHOTO-THERMAL; SELF-ASSEMBLED; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR; VAPOR TRANSPORT;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77952472538     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm9038297     Document Type: Article

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