Rational synthesis of ultrathin n-type Bi 2Te 3 nanowires with enhanced thermoelectric properties

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-60

  Zhang, Genqiang ^a   Kirk, Benjamin ^b   Jauregui, Luis A ^b   Yang, Haoran ^a   Xu, Xianfan ^b   Chen, Yong P ^b   Wu, Yue ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi 2Te 3; nanowires; spark plasma sintering; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; BALL-MILLED; BULK MATERIALS; HIGH YIELD; NANO SCALE; NANOWIRE DEVICES; RATIONAL SYNTHESIS; REDUCTION OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SCALABLE SOLUTION; SOLID-STATE COOLING; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRATHIN NANOWIRES;

ELECTRIC SPARKS; HOT PRESSING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOWIRES; PELLETIZING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH TELLURIDE; NANOTUBE; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BISMUTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84855815494     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl202935k     Document Type: Article

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