One-step chemical synthesis of ZnO/graphene oxide molecular hybrids for high-temperature thermoelectric applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3224-3230

  Chen, Dongsheng ^a,d   Zhao, Yan ^a,b   Chen, Yani ^a   Wang, Biao ^c   Chen, Haiyan ^b   Zhou, Jun ^c   Liang, Ziqi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO; hybrids nanocomposites; reduced graphene oxide; solution processing; thermoelectric materials

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

AL-DOPED ZNO; CHEMICALLY REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATIONS; HYBRIDS/NANOCOMPOSITES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84922818747     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507882f     Document Type: Article

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