Core-shell nanoparticles as building blocks for the bottom-up production of functional nanocomposites: PbTe-PbS thermoelectric properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2573-2586

  Ibáñez, Maria ^a   Zamani, Reza ^b,c   Gorsse, Stéphane ^d   Fan, Jiandong ^b   Ortega, Silvia ^a   Cadavid, Doris ^b   Morante, Joan Ramon ^a,b   Arbiol, Jordi ^c,e   Cabot, Andreu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

colloidal nanoparticles; core shell nanoparticles; heterostructures; nanocomposite; nanomaterial; thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL NANO MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOMATERIAL; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84875676993     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305971v     Document Type: Article

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