High three-dimensional thermoelectric performance from low-dimensional bands

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Parker, David ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Singh, David J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; ENGINEERED STRUCTURES; POINT OF VIEWS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84875971813     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.146601     Document Type: Article

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