Anisotropic thermoelectric behavior in armchair and zigzag mono-and fewlayer MoS 2 in thermoelectric generator applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Arab, Abbas ^a   Li, Qiliang ^a  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

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EID: 84940830775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13706     Document Type: Article

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