Electronic structure of thermoelectric Zn-Sb

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Michael Bottger P H ^a   Diplas, Spyros ^a,b   Flage Larsen, Espen ^a,b   Prytz, Ystein ^a   Finstad, Terje G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS; IN-LINE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; ZINC ANTIMONIDES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ION EXCHANGE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79959949357     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/26/265502     Document Type: Article

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