Trend for thermoelectric materials and their earth abundance

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1011-1019

  Amatya, R ^a   Ram, R J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

earth abundance; figure of merit; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CLATHRATES; EMPIRICAL DEPENDENCES; FIGURE-OF-MERIT; INFRARED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; MATERIAL SCARCITY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRICE VOLATILITY; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRICS; ZINTL PHASE;

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; GERMANIUM; HYDRATES; SKUTTERUDITES; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRICITY; YTTERBIUM; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANTIMONY;

EID: 84862163742     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-011-1839-y     Document Type: Article

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