The effects of the size and the doping concentration on the power factor of n-type lead telluride nanocrystals for thermoelectric energy conversion

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1153-1157

  Fang, Haiyu ^a   Luo, Zhiqiang ^b   Yang, Haoran ^a   Wu, Yue ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

doping; lead telluride; n type; nanocrystals; TE module; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

DIP-COATING GLASS SUBSTRATES; DOPING CONCENTRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LEAD TELLURIDE; N-TYPE; NANOCRYSTAL THIN FILMS; THERMOELECTRIC; THIN-FILM THERMOELECTRIC MODULES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84896354308     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl403677k     Document Type: Article

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