High thermoelectric performance of nanostructured in 2 O 3-based ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2465-2469

  Lan, Jinle ^a   Lin, Yuan Hua ^a   Liu, Yong ^b   Xu, Shaoliang ^b   Nan, Ce Wen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; GRAIN SIZE; NANO GRAINS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSIZED GRAINS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRICS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMOELECTRICITY; ZINC;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84864677260     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2012.05284.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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