Large thermoelectric power factor enhancement observed in InAs nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4080-4086

  Wu, Phillip M ^a   Gooth, Johannes ^a,b   Zianni, Xanthippi ^c,d   Svensson, Sofia Fahlvik ^a   Gluschke, Jan Göran ^a   Dick, Kimberly A ^a,e   Thelander, Claes ^a   Nielsch, Kornelius ^b   Linke, Heiner ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Technological Educational Institution of Chalkida   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

InAs; interference; Nanowires; power factor; quantum dots; thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

BULK MODEL; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; INAS; INAS NANOWIRES; POWER FACTORS; SUBBANDS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRICS;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84884215964     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl401501j     Document Type: Article

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