Decoupling interrelated parameters for designing high performance thermoelectric materials

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1287-1295

  Xiao, Chong ^a   Li, Zhou ^a   Li, Kun ^a   Huang, Pengcheng ^a   Xie, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84898850601     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar400290f     Document Type: Article

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