Study on the effect of Pb partial substitution for Te on the thermoelectric properties of La 3Te 4-xPb x materials

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Gao, L ^a,b   Zhu, J ^a   Wang, H ^b   Ren, F ^b   Zhao, B ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPURITY PHASE; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MINIMUM VALUE; PARTIAL SUBSTITUTION; POWER FACTORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

BALL MILLING; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; LANTHANUM; LEAD; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84860177299     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/18/185303     Document Type: Article

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