Universal scaling relations for the thermoelectric power factor of semiconducting nanostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Cornett, Jane E ^a   Rabin, Oded ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics   (United States)

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EID: 82755177398     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.205410     Document Type: Article

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