Composition modulation of Ag2Te nanowires for tunable electrical and thermal properties

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5398-5404

  Yang, Haoran ^a   Bahk, Je Hyeong ^a   Day, Tristan ^b   Mohammed, Amr M S ^a   Min, Bokki ^a   Snyder, G Jeffrey ^b   Shakouri, Ali ^a   Wu, Yue ^a,c  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag2Te; nanocomposites; nanowires; silver telluride; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; MODULATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOWIRES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; COMPOSITION MODULATIONS; HEAVILY DOPED; POWER FACTORS; SILVER TELLURIDE; SOLUTION PHASE SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL MODELING; THERMOELECTRIC;

SILVER;

EID: 84914127552     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl502551c     Document Type: Article

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