Contrasting role of antimony and bismuth dopants on the thermoelectric performance of lead selenide

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lee, Yeseul ^a   Lo, Shih Han ^b   Chen, Changqiang ^b   Sun, Hui ^c   Chung, Duck Young ^d   Chasapis, Thomas C ^a   Uher, Ctirad ^c   Dravid, Vinayak P ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; LEAD; SELENIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POWDER; PRECIPITATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84899819876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4640     Document Type: Article

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