Bi1-xSbx alloy nanocrystals: Colloidal synthesis, charge transport, and thermoelectric properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 10296-10306

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Son, Jae Sung ^a   Jang, Jaeyoung ^a   Lee, Jong Soo ^a   Ong, Wee Liat ^c   Malen, Jonathan A ^c   Talapin, Dmitri V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi1 xSbx nanocrystals; electrical conductivity; grain boundaries; Hall effect measurements; surface chemistry; thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; HALL EFFECT MEASUREMENT; NARROW-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS;

CARRIER TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HALL EFFECT; NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 84888862982     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404692s     Document Type: Article

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