Thermoelectric properties of large-scale Zn3 P2 nanowire assemblies

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2014, Pages

  Brockway, Lance ^a   Vasiraju, Venkata ^b   Asayesh Ardakani, Hasti ^c   Shahbazian Yassar, Reza ^c   Vaddiraju, Sreeram ^a,b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

carrier filtering; interface engineering; nanowires; thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; PELLETIZING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY; ZINC;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONALIZED NANOWIRE; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; THERMO-ELECTRIC MODULES; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84896260906     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/14/145401     Document Type: Article

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