Layered oxychalcogenide in the Bi-Cu-O-Se system as good thermoelectric materials

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Barreteau, C ^a,b   Pan, L ^a,b   Amzallag, E ^a,b   Zhao, L D ^a,b,c   Berardan D ^a,b   Dragoe, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BiCuSeO; layered; optoelectronic; oxychalcogenide; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

BICUSEO; LAYERED; OPTOELECTRONIC; OXYCHALCOGENIDES; THERMOELECTRIC;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84900474504     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/29/6/064001     Document Type: Article

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