Enhanced thermoelectric performance in three-dimensional superlattice of topological insulator thin films

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fan, Zheyong ^a   Zheng, Jiansen ^a   Wang, Hui Qiong ^a   Zheng, Jin Cheng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; INTERFACE STATES; NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE STATES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ELECTRON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY FILTERING; HIGH FIGURE OF MERIT ZT; INTERFACE SCATTERING; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) THIN FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84870984305     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-570     Document Type: Article

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