Electronic and thermal transport properties of Mg 2Sn crystals containing finely dispersed eutectic structures

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 207, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2523-2531

  Chen, H Y ^a   Savvides, N ^b   Dasgupta, T ^c   Stiewe, C ^c   Mueller, E ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

electronic transport; eutectics; Mg 2Sn; thermoelectric effects

Indexed keywords

DOPED SAMPLE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; EUTECTIC PHASE; EUTECTIC STRUCTURES; FIGURE OF MERIT; HALL MEASUREMENTS; HEAVILY DOPED; INDUCTION MELTING; MG 2SN; MINIMUM VALUE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SEEBECK; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC EFFECTS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EUTECTICS; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIN;

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EID: 77955274537     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201026119     Document Type: Article

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