Connecting thermoelectric performance and topological-insulator behavior: Bi2Te3 and Bi2Te2Se from first principles

Physical Review Applied

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shi, Hongliang ^a   Parker, David ^a   Du, Mao Hua ^a   Singh, David J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMOELECTRICITY; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

DEFECT CALCULATIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; ISOSTRUCTURAL; SOLID STATE ENERGY CONVERSIONS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84954358127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23317019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.014004     Document Type: Article

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