Ineffectiveness of energy filtering at grain boundaries for thermoelectric materials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Bachmann, M ^a   Czerner, M ^a   Heiliger, C ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84866345914     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.115320     Document Type: Article

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