Fabrication of a thermoelectric generator on a polymer-coated substrate via laser-induced forward transfer of chalcogenide thin films

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Feinaeugle, M ^a   Sones, C L ^a   Koukharenko, E ^a   Eason, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BISMUTH ANTIMONY TELLURIDE; CHALCOGENIDE MATERIALS; CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILMS; ELASTIC POLYMER SUBSTRATES; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER INDUCED FORWARD TRANSFER; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

BISMUTH; CHALCOGENIDES; COATED MATERIALS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXCIMER LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICONES; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SUBSTRATES; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; THIN FILMS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 84887075313     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/22/11/115023     Document Type: Article

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