Increasing the thermoelectric power generated by composite films using chemically functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 430-437

  Piao, Mingxing ^a   Na, Junhong ^a   Choi, Jaewan ^a   Kim, Jaesung ^a   Kennedy, Gary P ^a   Kim, Gyutae ^a   Roth, Siegmar ^a,b   Dettlaff Weglikowska, Urszula ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Sineurop Nanotech GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; LOAD RESISTANCES; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; P AND N TYPES; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT); THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL;

COMPOSITE FILMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84880255584     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.06.028     Document Type: Article

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