Thin-film thermoelectric devices with high room-temperature figures of merit

2001/10/01 by R. Venkatasubramanian, Rama Venkatasubramanian, E. Siivola +5 · 21 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices #Composite material #Condensed matter physics #Engineering physics #Figure of merit #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Optoelectronics #Physics #Seebeck coefficient #Superlattice #Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies #Thermal conductivity #Thermodynamics #Thermoelectric cooling #Thermoelectric effect #Thermoelectric generator #Thermoelectric materials

paper · doi:10.1038/35098012

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