Miscibility gap and thermoelectric properties of ecofriendly Mg2Si1-xSnx (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) solid solutions by flux method

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3038-3043

  Chen, Luxin ^a   Jiang, Guangyu ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Du, Zhengliang ^a   Zhao, Xinbing ^a   Zhu, Tiejun ^a   He, Jian ^b   Tritt, Terry M ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMOELECTRICITY; TIN COMPOUNDS;

COMPOSITION RANGES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MISCIBILITY GAP; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84866062221     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.385     Document Type: Article

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