Thermoelectric properties of Zn-doped Ca5In2Sb6

Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 9713-9719

  Zevalkink, Alex ^a   Swallow, Jessica ^a   Snyder, G Jeffrey ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; INTRINSIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; PARABOLIC BAND MODEL; RATIONAL OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING BEHAVIOR; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

SEMICONDUCTING ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84881050794     PISSN: 14779226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50428j     Document Type: Article

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