Recent progress of thermoelectric nano-composites

Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 561-568

  Chen, Li Dong ^a   Xiong, Zhen ^a   Bai, Sheng Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Microstructure; Nano composite; Review; Scattering; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

DISPERSED STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DENSITY OF STATE; FILTERING EFFECTS; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; IN-SITU OXIDATION; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LONG WAVELENGTH; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE ENGINEERING; NANO-DISPERSIONS; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSIZED GRAINS; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; RECENT PROGRESS; SCATTERING EFFECTS; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; THERMAL TRANSPORT; THERMOELECTRIC COMPOSITE; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE SEPARATION; SCATTERING; THERMOELECTRICITY;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 77954279044     PISSN: 1000324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2010.00561     Document Type: Article

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