Implications of nanostructuring on the thermoelectric properties in half-Heusler alloys

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Bhardwaj, A ^a   Misra, D K ^a   Pulikkotil, J J ^a   Auluck, S ^a   Dhar, A ^a   Budhani, R C ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALF-HEUSLER ALLOYS; INTERFACE SCATTERING; NANO-STRUCTURING; PHONON PROPAGATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; VOLUME EXPANSION;

PHONONS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

CERIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84881425036     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4754570     Document Type: Article

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