T-shaped Bi2Te3-Te heteronanojunctions: Epitaxial growth, structural modeling, and thermoelectric properties

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 12458-12464

  Cheng, Lina ^a   Chen, Zhi Gang ^a,b   Yang, Lei ^a   Han, Guang ^a   Xu, Hong Yi ^a   Snyder, G Jeffrey ^b   Lu, Gao Qing ^a   Zou, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIGURE OF MERITS; HETERONANOJUNCTIONS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; STRUCTURAL MODELING; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

MODEL STRUCTURES; NANORODS;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 84879443302     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4041666     Document Type: Article

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