P-type skutterudites RxMyFe3CoSb 12 (R, M = Ba, Ce, Nd, and Yb): Effectiveness of double-filling for the lattice thermal conductivity reduction

Intermetallics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1747-1751

  Liu, Ruiheng ^a   Yang, Jiong ^a   Chen, Xihong ^a   Shi, Xun ^a   Chen, Lidong ^a   Uher, Ctirad ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

B. thermal properties; B. thermoelectric properties; E. ab initio calculations

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; B. THERMAL PROPERTIES; E. AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; N-TYPE MATERIALS; P-TYPE; P-TYPE SKUTTERUDITE; RESONANT MODE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

BARIUM; CRYSTAL LATTICES; FILLERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEODYMIUM; SKUTTERUDITES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY; YTTERBIUM;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 80051613626     PISSN: 09669795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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