Tuning the thermoelectric properties of polycrystalline FeSb2 by the in situ formation of Sb/InSb nanoinclusions

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1894-1899

  Zhu, Song ^a   Xie, Wenjie ^b   Thompson, Daniel ^a   Holgate, Tim ^a   Zhou, Menghan ^a   Yan, Yonggao ^b   Tritt, Terry M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanostructure; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; HIGH MOBILITY; IN-SITU; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MULTI-SCALE MICROSTRUCTURE; NANO INCLUSION; NARROW GAP; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; SPARK PLASMA; STRONGLY CORRELATED ELECTRONS; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC COOLING; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMOELECTRICITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 80155182530     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.86     Document Type: Article

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