Resonant level formed by tin in Bi2 Te3 and the enhancement of room-temperature thermoelectric power

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Jaworski, Christopher M ^a   Kulbachinskii, Vladimir ^b   Heremans, Joseph P ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 77954750738     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.233201     Document Type: Article

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