Influence of porosity o. The transport properties of Bi2Te 3-based alloys by field-assisted sintering

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1853-1861

  Zhang, Zhihui ^a   Yee, Joshua K ^a   Sharma, Peter A ^b   Yang, Nancy ^b   Lavernia, Enrique J ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Keywords sintering; porosity; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; FIELD-ASSISTED SINTERING; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SINTERING PRESSURE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84880238924     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.99     Document Type: Article

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