Effect of transition-metal cobalt doping on the thermoelectric performance of In2O3 ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2938-2941

  Liu, Yong ^a,b   Lin, Yuan Hua ^b   Lan, Jinle ^b   Xu, Wei ^c   Zhang, Bo Ping ^a   Nan, Ce Wen ^b   Zhu, Hongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; COBALT DOPING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAXIMUM POWER FACTOR; POLYCRYSTALLINE; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; THERMOPOWERS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COBALT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 78649535433     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03904.x     Document Type: Article

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