Systematic conversion of single walled carbon nanotubes into n-type thermoelectric materials by molecular dopants

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nonoguchi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ohashi, Kenji ^a   Kanazawa, Rui ^a   Ashiba, Koji ^a   Hata, Kenji ^b,c,d   Nakagawa, Tetsuya ^e   Adachi, Chihaya ^e   Tanase, Tomoaki ^f   Kawai, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes TASC   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84888606556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03344     Document Type: Article

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