Basic principles for rational design of high-performance nanostructured silicon-based thermoelectric materials

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3614-3618

  Yang, Chun Cheng ^b   Li, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

nanostructures; nanowires; silicon; thermodynamics; thermoelectric effect

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ENTROPY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; SILICON; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; GRAIN-SIZE REDUCTION; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOSTRUCTURED SILICON; RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; TRANSITION ENTROPIES;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 83755219476     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100514     Document Type: Article

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