Thermoelectric properties of bottom-up assembled Bi2S 3-xTex nanocomposites

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 9-11, 2014, Pages 773-784

  Cadavid, Doris ^a   Ibáñez, Maria ^a   Anselmi Tamburini, Umberto ^b   Durá, Oscar Juan ^c   De La Torre, Marco Antonio López ^c   Cabot, Andreu ^a  

^a CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottom up assembly; Colloidal synthesis; Nanocomposite; Nanoparticles; Spark plasma sintering; Thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BOTTOM UP; COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL DOMAIN SIZE; NANO STRUCTURATION; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING PROCESS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84904875311     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2014.063787     Document Type: Article

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