Oriented growth of A2Te3 (A = Sb, Bi) films and their devices with enhanced thermoelectric performance

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-259

  Tan, Ming ^a   Wang, Yao ^a   Deng, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Zhiwei ^a   Luo, Bingwei ^a   Yang, Junyou ^b   Xu, Yibin ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oriented growth; Thermal evaporation technique; Thermoelectric devices; Thermoelectric properties

Indexed keywords

COLUMNAR GRAIN; ELECTRIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ORIENTED FILMS; ORIENTED GROWTH; OUTPUT POWER; PARALLEL CIRCUITS; PARALLEL DEVICES; PROTOTYPE DEVICES; THERMAL EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; VACUUM THERMAL EVAPORATION;

COOLING; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VACUUM EVAPORATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 80055062071     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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