Detailed calculation of the thermoelectric figure of merit in an n-doped SiGe alloy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Thomas, Iorwerth O ^a   Srivastava, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864584475     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.045205     Document Type: Article

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