Studies on surface preparation and smoothness of nanostructured Bi 2Te3-based alloys by electrochemical and mechanical methods

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3079-3084

  Feng, Hsien Ping ^a   Yu, Bo ^b   Chen, Shuo ^a   Collins, Kimberlee ^a   He, Chao ^a   Ren, Z F ^b   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth telluride based alloys; Chemical mechanical polishing; Electrolysis; Nanostructures; Thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH TELLURIDE; BISMUTH TELLURIDE BASED ALLOYS; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; FIGURE OF MERIT; FREE SURFACES; INTERFACIAL EFFECTS; MECHANICAL METHODS; MECHANICAL POLISHING; METALLIC ELECTRODES; METALLIZATIONS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED ALLOY; POST-CMP CLEANING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE PREPARATION; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRICS;

ALLOYS; BISMUTH; BISMUTH ALLOYS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL POLISHING; CONTACT RESISTANCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CLEANING; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLISHING; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING;

EID: 79952445070     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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