PbTe based superlattice structures with high thermoelectric efficiency

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1216-1218

  Beyer, H ^a   Nurnus, J ^a   Bottner H ^a   Lambrecht, A ^a   Roch, T ^b   Bauer, G ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IPM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LAYER PLANES; MAXIMUM VALUES; PBTE; POWER FACTORS; SUPER-LATTICE STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; SUPERLATTICES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79956021670     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1448388     Document Type: Article

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