Thermal conductivity of core-shell nanocomposites for enhancing thermoelectric performance

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Poon, S J ^a   Petersen, A S ^a   Wu, Di ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SCATTERING; CORE-SHELL NANOCOMPOSITES; CORE-SHELL PARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTIVE MEDIUMS; DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE OF MERIT; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; REDUCTION OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE;

NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84877284959     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4804150     Document Type: Article

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