Solvothermal Synthesis, Structure and Optical Property of Nanosized CoSb 3 Skutterudite

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1698-1705

  Kumari, Latha ^a   Li, Wenzhi ^a   Huang, Jian Yu ^b   Provencio, Paula P ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Electron microscopy; Nanostructures; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; CUBIC PHASE; HIGH PURITY; NANO-SIZED; NANO-STRUCTURING; SKUTTERUDITES; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77958487256     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9700-4     Document Type: Article

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