Weak electron-phonon coupling contributing to high thermoelectric performance in n-type PbSe

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 9705-9709

  Wang, Heng ^a   Pei, Yanzhong ^a   LaLonde, Aaron D ^a   Snyder, G Jeffrey ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Quality factor; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; LEAD TELLURIDE; SELENIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; ELECTRON; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84862585377     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111419109     Document Type: Article

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