Anisotropic Anomalies of Thermoelectric Transport Properties and Electronic Structures in Layered Complex Nitrides AMN2 (A = Na, Cu; M = Ta, Nb)

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 7265-7275

  Ohkubo, Isao ^a   Mori, Takao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BAND STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRIDES; SODIUM; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

D ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; PERDEW-BURKE-ERNZERHOF; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84946866161     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02015     Document Type: Article

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