Performance test results of a skutterudite-based unicouple with a metallic coating

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 746, Issue , 2005, Pages 584-592

  Saber, Hamed H ^a   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a   Caillat, Thierry ^b  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 78751699509     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1867176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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