Enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured ZnO by nanojunction effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Zi Hua ^a   Xie, Hua Qing ^a   Zhai, Yong Biao ^b  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Yueda New Materials Science and Technology Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL EFFECT; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; NANOJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED ZNO; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS; POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; NICKEL; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84890515167     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4842035     Document Type: Article

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