The influence of CNTs on the thermoelectric properties of a CNT/Bi 2Te3 composite

Carbon

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 541-549

  Kim, Kyung Tae ^a   Choi, Si Young ^a   Shin, Eun Hye ^a   Moon, Kyong Seok ^b   Koo, Hye Young ^a   Lee, Gil Geun ^c   Ha, Gook Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ROUTES; COMPOSITE POWDERS; DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE OF MERIT; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; INTERFACIAL BONDING; OXYGEN ATOM; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

POWDERS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY;

BISMUTH;

EID: 84869493641     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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