Superior intrinsic thermoelectric performance with zT of 1.8 in single-crystal and melt-quenched highly dense Cu2-xSe bulks

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Lan Ling ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Lin ^a   Wang, Ji Yang ^b   Cheng, Zhen Xiang ^a   Dou, Shi Xue ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Liu, Li Qiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84933551951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07671     Document Type: Article

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