Multi-localization transport behaviour in bulk thermoelectric materials

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Wenyu ^a   Wei, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Qingjie ^a   Peng, Hua ^c   Zhu, Wanting ^a   Tang, DIngguo ^a   Yu, Jian ^a   Zhou, Hongyu ^a   Liu, Zhiyuan ^a   Mu, Xin ^a   He, Danqi ^a   Li, Jichao ^c   Wang, Chunlei ^c   Tang, Xinfeng ^a   Yang, Jihui ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRON; OPTIMIZATION; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

BEHAVIOR; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT; ORBIT; PHONON; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY;

EID: 84955321958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7197     Document Type: Article

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