Low thermal conductivity and enhanced thermoelectric performance of Gd-filled skutterudites

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Ruiheng ^a,b   Chen, Xihong ^a   Qiu, Pengfei ^a,b   Liu, Jinfeng ^a,b   Yang, Jiong ^a   Huang, Xiangyang ^a   Chen, Lidong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DIFFUSION; CHARGE COMPENSATION; FE CONTENT; FIGURE OF MERIT; FILLED SKUTTERUDITES; FILLING FRACTIONS; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATTICE EXPANSION; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAXIMUM VALUES; POWER FACTORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE;

ANTIMONY; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; FILLING; SKUTTERUDITES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GADOLINIUM;

EID: 79551670373     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3533743     Document Type: Article

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