Thermoelectric properties of individual single-crystalline PbTe nanowires grown by a vapor transport method

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 29, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Shim, Wooyoung ^b   Jang, So Young ^c   Roh, Jong Wook ^a   Kim, Philip ^d   Park, Jeunghee ^c   Lee, Wooyoung ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH QUALITY; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; NANO-STRUCTURED; PBTE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS; VAPOR TRANSPORT METHODS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOWIRES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; VAPORS;

ELECTRIC WIRE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79960549066     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/29/295707     Document Type: Article

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