Microwave sintering and thermoelectric properties of p-type (Bi 0.2Sb 0.8) 2Te 3 powder

Powder Technology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2012, Pages 231-234

  Kim Hak, Olivier ^a   Soulier, Mathieu ^b   Szkutnik, Pierre David ^b   Saunier, Sébastien ^a   Simon, Julia ^b   Goeuriot, Dominique ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Microwave heating; Powder metallurgy; Thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVE SINTERING; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MULTI-MODE MICROWAVE CAVITY; P-TYPE; POWER FACTORS; RELATIVE DENSITY; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; UPPER LIMITS;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; POWDER METALLURGY; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; THERMOELECTRICITY;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; METALLURGY; MICROWAVE SINTERING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POROSITY; POWDER; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84861895030     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.04.051     Document Type: Article

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