Efficiency of thermoelectric energy conversion in biphenyl-dithiol junctions: Effect of electron-phonon interactions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Sergueev, Nikolai ^a   Shin, Seungha ^a   Kaviany, Massoud ^a   Dunietz, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 79961100468     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195415     Document Type: Article

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