Influence of substituting Sn for Sb on the thermoelectric transport properties of CoSb3-based skutterudites

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Hui, Si ^a   Nielsen, Michele D ^b   Homer, Mark R ^c   Medlin, Douglas L ^c   Tobola, Janusz ^d   Salvador, James R ^e   Heremans, Joseph P ^b,f   Pipe, Kevin P ^a   Uher, Ctirad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FERMI LEVEL; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SKUTTERUDITES; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; TIN;

BAND STRUCTURE CALCULATION; DENSITY OF STATE; DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE OF MERIT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HALL COEFFICIENT; SN CONCENTRATION; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84896353911     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4867609     Document Type: Article

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