Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

Nature

Volumn 508, Issue 7496, 2014, Pages 373-377

  Zhao, Li Dong ^a   Lo, Shih Han ^b   Zhang, Yongsheng ^b   Sun, Hui ^c   Tan, Gangjian ^a   Uher, Ctirad ^c   Wolverton, C ^b   Dravid, Vinayak P ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM; TIN; TIN SELENIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEAT FLOW; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84899021021     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13184     Document Type: Article

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