Enhanced thermoelectric efficiency via orthogonal electrical and thermal conductances in phosphorene

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6393-6399

  Fei, Ruixiang ^a   Faghaninia, Alireza ^b   Soklaski, Ryan ^a   Yan, Jia An ^c   Lo, Cynthia ^b   Yang, Li ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anisotropic thermal conductance; Black phosphorus; phosphorene; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; PHOSPHORUS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

MECHANICALLY FLEXIBLE MATERIALS; PHOSPHORENE; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84910142215     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl502865s     Document Type: Article

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