Thermoelectric performance of disordered and nanostructured graphene ribbons using Green's function method

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-77

  Mazzamuto, Fulvio ^a   Saint Martin, Jérôme ^a   Nguyen, Viet Hung ^b   Chassat, Christophe ^a   Dollfus, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Graphene; Green's function; Phonon transport; Thermal effects; Thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CONDUCTANCE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; PERIODIC DISTRIBUTION; PHONON TRANSPORT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS;

DEGRADATION; GRAPHENE; GREEN'S FUNCTION; PHONONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84860884611     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-012-0392-0     Document Type: Article

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