Electron energy filtering by a nonplanar potential to enhance the thermoelectric power factor in bulk materials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Bahk, Je Hyeong ^a   Bian, Zhixi ^b   Shakouri, Ali ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

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EID: 84874545849     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075204     Document Type: Article

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