Thermoelectric transport properties of Fe-enriched ZNO with high-temperature nanostructure refinement

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 7927-7937

  Liang, Xin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

grain refinement; nanostructure; oxide; thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; GRAIN REFINEMENT; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; POINT DEFECTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; ZINC OXIDE;

AFTER HIGH TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOSTRUCTURE REFINEMENT; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84928659643     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am509050a     Document Type: Article

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