Structure-transformation-induced abnormal thermoelectric properties in semiconductor copper selenide

Materials Letters

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-124

  Liu, Huili ^a,b   Shi, Xun ^a   Kirkham, Melanie ^c   Wang, Hsin ^c   Li, Qiang ^d   Uher, Ctirad ^e   Zhang, Wenqing ^a   Chen, Lidong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Phase transition; Semiconductor; Structure fluctuation; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

COPPER SELENIDE; SECOND-ORDER PHASE TRANSITION; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT;

PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84871798873     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.11.058     Document Type: Article

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