Low phonon thermal conductivity of layered (Bi2) m-(Bi2Te3)n thermoelectric alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Sharma, P A ^a   Sharma, A L Lima ^a,b   Medlin, D L ^a   Morales, A M ^a   Yang, N ^a   Barney, M ^a   He, J ^c   Drymiotis, F ^c   Turner, J ^c   Tritt, T M ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961185277     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.235209     Document Type: Article

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