Optimization of the thermoelectric properties of nanostructured silicon

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 21, 2013, Pages

  Pennelli, Giovanni ^a   MacUcci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED SILICON; REDUCTION OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC PARAMETERS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

NANOWIRES; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84890017743     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4842835     Document Type: Article

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