Lattice dynamics and substrate-dependent transport properties of (In, Yb)-doped CoSb3 skutterudite thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Sarath Kumar, S R ^a   Cha, Dongkyu ^a   Alshareef, H N ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SAMPLES; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; GRAIN BOUNDARY SCATTERING; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM POWER FACTOR; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POWER FACTORS; SHARP CONTRAST; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SKUTTERUDITES; SOLIDS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPOR DEPOSITION; YTTERBIUM;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

EID: 80655141685     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3651382     Document Type: Article

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