Influence of nanostructuring and heterogeneous nucleation on the thermoelectric figure of merit in AgSbTe2

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Sharma, P A ^a   Sugar, J D ^a   Medlin, D L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FIGURE OF MERIT; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; MATRIX; MATRIX PHASE; MICRON SIZE; NANO SCALE; NANO-STRUCTURING; NANOSCALE MICROSTRUCTURE; PLANAR DEFECT; PRECIPITATE SIZE; THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRICS; TWO PHASE COMPOSITES;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PRECIPITATES;

EID: 77953636686     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3446094     Document Type: Article

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