A computational study of the thermoelectric performance of ultrathin Bi2Te3 films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Maassen, Jesse ^a   Lundstrom, Mark ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FIGURE OF MERITS; LANDAUER; LARGE POWER; POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; ULTRA-THIN;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84875155869     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4794534     Document Type: Article

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