Tunable Thermal Conductivity of Silicene by Germanium Doping

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 717-720

  Guo, Yu ^a   Zhou, Si ^a   Bai, Yizhen ^a   Zhao, Jijun ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Doping; First principles; Phonon; Silicene; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DNA SEQUENCES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GERMANIUM; PHONONS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SILICENE; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION; THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84958763809     PISSN: 15571939     EISSN: 15571947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10948-015-3305-1     Document Type: Article

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