Enhanced thermoelectric performance of In2O3-based ceramics via nanostructuring and point defect engineering

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lan, Jin Le ^a   Liu, Yaochun ^b,c   Lin, Yuan Hua ^b   Nan, Ce Wen ^b   Cai, Qing ^a   Yang, Xiaoping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

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EID: 84923112569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07783     Document Type: Article

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