Improved thermoelectric properties of AgSbTe2 based compounds with nanoscale Ag2Te in situ precipitates

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 499, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Zhang, S N ^a   Zhu, T J ^a   Yang, S H ^a   Yu, C ^a   Zhao, X B ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Silver antimony tellurides; Thermoelectric materials; Thermoelectric properties

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TELLURIDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIGURE OF MERIT; IN-SITU; MATRIX; NANO SCALE; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; NANODOTS; POWER FACTORS; TE PRECIPITATES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ANTIMONY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77953133872     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.03.170     Document Type: Article

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