Thermopower enhancement by encapsulating cerium in clathrate cages

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1096-1101

  Prokofiev, A ^a   Sidorenko, A ^a   Hradil, K ^a   Ikeda, M ^a   Svagera, R ^a   Waas, M ^a   Winkler, H ^a   Neumaier, K ^b   Paschen, S ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b WALTHER MEISSNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYDRATES; INTERMETALLICS; WASTE HEAT;

HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; KONDO INTERACTIONS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; REFERENCE MATERIAL; STRONG CORRELATION; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOPOWER ENHANCEMENT;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84888204946     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3756     Document Type: Article

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