Valence-band structure of highly efficient p-type thermoelectric PbTe-PbS alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Jaworski, Christopher M ^a   Nielsen, Michele D ^a   Wang, Hsin ^b   Girard, Steven N ^c   Cai, Wei ^b   Porter, Wally D ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^c   Heremans, Joseph P ^a,d  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872253340     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.045203     Document Type: Article

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