Experimental studies on anisotropic thermoelectric properties and structures of n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3373-3378

  Yan, Xiao ^a   Poudel, Bed ^b   Ma, Yi ^b   Liu, W S ^a   Joshi, G ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Lan, Yucheng ^a   Wang, Dezhi ^a   Chen, Gang ^c   Ren, Z F ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GMZ Energy Inc   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

anisotropy; Bi2Te2.7Se0.3; grain orientation; thermoelectric material

Indexed keywords

BI2TE2.7SE0.3; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIGURE OF MERIT; GRAIN ORIENTATION; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; POWER FACTORS; RANDOM GRAINS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SMALL CRYSTALS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ANISOTROPY; BALL MILLING; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; HOT PRESSING; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 77956447372     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl101156v     Document Type: Article

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