Microstructure and thermoelectric properties of Zn1-xAl xO ceramics fabricated by spark plasma sintering

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1344-1349

  Ma, N ^a   Li, J F ^a   Zhang, B P ^b   Lin, Y H ^a   Ren, L R ^c   Chen, G F ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^c SIEMENS LTD   (China)

Author keywords

A. Ceramics; A. Oxides; D. Electrical conductivity; D. Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

A. OXIDES; AL-DOPED ZNO; AL-DOPING; COMBINED EFFECT; D. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE OF MERIT; DOPED ZNO; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OXIDE POWDER; SOLID REACTIONS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ZNO;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GRAIN REFINEMENT; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 77955515710     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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