Effect of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the thermoelectric properties of a bismuth telluride matrix

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4 SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Bark, Hyunwoo ^a   Kim, Jin Sang ^b   Kim, Heesuk ^b   Yim, Ju Hyuk ^b   Lee, Hyunjung ^a  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bismuth telluride; Carbon nanotube; Seebeck coefficient; Thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY; YARN;

ANTIMONY TELLURIDE; BISMUTH TELLURIDE; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84887036653     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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