Thermoelectric properties of FeVSb half-Heusler compounds by levitation melting and spark plasma sintering

Intermetallics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-43

  Fu, Chenguang ^a   Xie, Hanhui ^a   Liu, Yintu ^a   Zhu, T J ^a,b   Xie, Jian ^a   Zhao, X B ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B. Thermoelectric properties; G. Thermoelectric power generation

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; FABRICATING PROCESS; HALF-HEUSLER; HALF-HEUSLER COMPOUND; MAXIMUM POWER FACTOR; POROSITY DEPENDENCE; RELATIVE DENSITY; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; INTERMETALLICS; LEVITATION MELTING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84866974169     PISSN: 09669795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2012.07.037     Document Type: Article

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