Electronic properties as a function of Ag/Sb ratio in Ag1-y Pb18Sb1+z Te20 compounds

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2065-2072

  Dadda, Jayaram ^a   Müller, Eckhard ^a   Klobes, Benedikt ^b   Bauer Pereira, Paula ^b,c   Hermann, Raphael ^b,c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ag Pb Sb Te; charge carrier density; electrical conductivity; LAST; Pisarenko relation; Seebeck coefficient

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC-PHONON SCATTERING; AG-PB-SB-TE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LAST; PISARENKO RELATION; POWER FACTORS; UNIT CELLS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; LEAD; LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84879313990     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-012-2111-9     Document Type: Article

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