Enhancement of the thermoelectric properties in doped FeSb 2 bulk crystals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Kefeng ^a   Hu, Rongwei ^a   Warren, John ^b   Petrovic, C ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK CRYSTALS; CHEMICAL SUBSTITUTION; CO-DOPING; CORRELATION EFFECT; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; DEFECT SCATTERING; FE SITES; FESB; HIGH QUALITY SINGLE CRYSTALS; KONDO INSULATORS; STRAIN FIELDS; TE DOPING; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

POINT DEFECTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84864149357     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4731251     Document Type: Article

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