Phonon thermal conductivity suppression of bulk silicon nanowire composites for efficient thermoelectric conversion

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Ting Gang ^a   Yu, Peichen ^a   Chou, Rone Hwa ^b   Pan, Ci Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PHONONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SILVER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

BULK SILICON; ELECTROLESS; ETCHING METHOD; NANOWIRE COMPOSITES; P-TYPE SUBSTRATES; PHONON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REDUCTION OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SIZE EFFECTS; THERMAL RESISTANCE; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 77957001014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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