High performance thermoelectricity in earth-abundant compounds based on natural mineral tetrahedrites

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 342-348

  Lu, Xu ^a   Morelli, Donald T ^a,c   Xia, Yi ^b   Zhou, Fei ^b   Ozolins, Vidvuds ^b   Chi, Hang ^b   Zhou, Xiaoyuan ^b   Uher, Ctirad ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHARMONIC PHONONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW COSTS; NATURAL MINERALS; SOURCE MATERIAL; STATE OF THE ART; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY;

MINERALS;

EID: 84876527163     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201200650     Document Type: Article

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