Organic thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting and temperature control

Nature Reviews Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Russ, Boris ^a   Glaudell, Anne ^b   Urban, Jeffrey J ^a   Chabinyc, Michael L ^b   Segalman, Rachel A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

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EID: 85015740854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20588437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.50     Document Type: Review

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