Flexible power fabrics made of carbon nanotubes for harvesting thermoelectricity

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2377-2386

  Kim, Suk Lae ^a   Choi, Kyungwho ^a   Tazebay, Abdullah ^a   Yu, Choongho ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; flexible; n type; sensor; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GLUCOSE SENSORS; SENSORS; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES; FLEXIBLE; N-TYPE; P-TYPE CHARACTERISTICS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNITS;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84896958845     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405893t     Document Type: Article

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