Bismuth telluride-based thermoelectric materials: Coatings as protection against thermal cycling effects

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2930-2936

  Brostow, Witold ^a   Datashvili, Tea ^a   Lobland, Haley E Hagg ^a   Hilbig, Travis ^a   Su, Lisa ^a   Vinado, Carolina ^a   White, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Marlow Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi2Te3; ceramic coatings; high temperature polymeric coatings; sealants; thermoelectric generators

Indexed keywords

BI2TE3; BISMUTH TELLURIDE; CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMERS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPERATION RANGE; POLYMERIC COATINGS; POWER GENERATION DEVICES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; FILLERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; SEALANTS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CERAMIC COATINGS;

EID: 84869453277     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.335     Document Type: Article

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