Thermoelectric and transport properties of nanostructured Bi 2Te3 by spark plasma sintering

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-484

  Zhang, Zhihui ^a   Sharma, Peter A ^b   Lavernia, Enrique J ^a   Yang, Nancy ^b  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE POWDERS; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; LOADING AXIS; LOADING DIRECTION; MECHANICAL MILLING; MICRO-STRUCTURAL LENGTH; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOPOROSITY; NANOSTRUCTURED POWDERS; SINTERED BULK;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; HALL MOBILITY; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; MILLING (MACHINING); SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TEXTURES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79952466159     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.67     Document Type: Article

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