Radioisotope power systems with skutterudite-based thermoelectric converters

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 746, Issue , 2005, Pages 485-494

  El Genk, Mohamed S ^a   Saber, Hamed H ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

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EID: 78751699401     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1867164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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