Thermoelectric properties of chalcopyrite type CuGaTe2 and chalcostibite CuSbS2

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Kumar Gudelli, Vijay ^a   Kanchana, V ^a   Vaitheeswaran, G ^b   Svane, A ^c   Christensen, N E ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; FULL-POTENTIAL LINEAR AUGMENTED PLANE WAVES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATIONS; RELAXATION TIME APPROXIMATION; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

HOLE CONCENTRATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84890468650     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4842095     Document Type: Article

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