Solvothermal synthesis and thermoelectric properties of indium telluride nanostring-cluster hierarchical structures

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tai, Guo'an ^a   Miao, Chunyang ^a   Wang, Yubo ^a   Bai, Yunrui ^a   Zhang, Haiqian ^a   Guo, Wanlin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PELLETIZING; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SODIUM;

DIFFUSION LIMITED REACTIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INDIUM TELLURIDE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SOLVOTHERMAL APPROACH; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; BULK SAMPLES; DIFFUSION-LIMITED REACTIONS; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; FOUR-ORDER; MIXED SOLVENT; P-TYPE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHETIC ROUTES;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84862924755     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-329     Document Type: Article

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