Modulating electronic transport properties of carbon nanotubes to improve the thermoelectric power factor via nanoparticle decoration

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1297-1303

  Yu, Choongho ^a   Ryu, Yeontack ^a   Yin, Liang ^a   Yang, Hongjoo ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; electrical conductivity; nanoparticle decoration; power factor; Seebeck coefficient; thermoelectric; thermopower

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; POWER FACTOR; SEEBECK; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOPOWERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COPPER; DECORATION; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; GOLD; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METAL IONS; NANOPARTICLES; SUBSTRATES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 79951886849     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102999h     Document Type: Article

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