N-Type Thermoelectric Performance of Functionalized Carbon Nanotube-Filled Polymer Composites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Freeman, Dallas D ^a   Choi, Kyungwho ^a   Yu, Choongho ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE SODIUM; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BENZENESULFONATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; POLYVINYLS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84868317389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047822     Document Type: Article

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