Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Nb-doped SrTiO3 by nano-inclusion with low thermal conductivity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Ning ^a   Chen, Haijun ^a   He, Hongcai ^a   Norimatsu, Wataru ^b   Kusunoki, Michiko ^b   Koumoto, Kunihito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84890242589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03449     Document Type: Article

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