Nanostructured Nb-substituted CaMnO3 n-type thermoelectric material prepared in a continuous process by ultrasonic spray combustion

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1947-1952

  Populoh, Sascha ^a   Trottmann, Matthias ^a   Aguire, Myriam H ^a   Weidenkaff, Anke ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grain size; Nanostructure; Thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; GROWTH MECHANISMS; LOW RESISTIVITY; NANO-ENGINEERING; NANO-STRUCTURED; PARTICLE GROWTH; SINTERED BULK; SINTERING PROCESS; TEMPERATURE STABLE; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC SPRAY;

COMBUSTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PEROVSKITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 81455141735     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.140     Document Type: Article

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