Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of compositional-modulated lead telluride-bismuth telluride nanowire heterostructures

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2058-2063

  Fang, Haiyu ^a   Feng, Tianli ^a   Yang, Haoran ^a   Ruan, Xiulin ^a   Wu, Yue ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bismuth telluride; heterostructure; lead telluride; nanowire; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH TELLURIDE; LEAD TELLURIDE; MEASUREMENTS OF; NANOWIRE HETEROSTRUCTURES; SOLUTION PHASE SYNTHESIS; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84877274168     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl400319u     Document Type: Article

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