Thermoelectric performance of Zn-substituted type-VIII clathrate Ba 8Ga 16Sn 30 single crystals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Du, Baoli ^a,b   Saiga, Yuta ^a   Kajisa, Kousuke ^a   Takabatake, Toshiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIPOLAR; CHARGE BALANCES; DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE OF MERIT; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; NON-DOPED; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; ZN DOPING; ZN-SUBSTITUTED;

BARIUM; GALLIUM; HYDRATES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIN; ZINC;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84855959263     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3673863     Document Type: Article

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