Size-dependent thermoelectricity in nanowires

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Farhangfar, Shadyar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; BULK SYSTEM; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; FIGURE OF MERIT; OPTIMUM VALUE; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; QUANTUM WIRES; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SUB-BANDS; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; WIRE PARAMETERS;

BISMUTH; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; CHEMICALS; NANOWIRES; WIRE;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 79952976757     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/12/125403     Document Type: Article

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