Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials

Akram Boukai; Yuri L. Bunimovich; Jamil Tahir‐Kheli; Jen-Kan Yu; William A. Goddard; James R. Heath

doi:10.1038/nature06458

Keywords

Thermoelectric effectThermoelectric materialsMaterials scienceSeebeck coefficientNanowireThermal conductivitySemiconductorCondensed matter physicsOptoelectronicsDopingFigure of meritNanotechnologyThermodynamicsComposite materialPhysics

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California Institute of Technology US

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 451
Issue: 7175
Pages: 168-171
Citations: 2659
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                                    Akram Boukai, 
                                
                                    Yuri L. Bunimovich, 
                                
                                    Jamil Tahir‐Kheli
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials. 
                            Nature
                            , 451
                            (7175)
                            , 168-171.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06458
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature06458