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

R. Venkatasubramanian; E. Siivola; T.S. Colpitts; Brooks O’Quinn

doi:10.1038/35098012

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Figure of meritThermoelectric materialsThermoelectric effectMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsThermoelectric coolingSeebeck coefficientSuperlatticeEngineering physicsThermoelectric generatorNanotechnologyCondensed matter physicsThermal conductivityComposite materialThermodynamicsPhysics

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 413
Issue: 6856
Pages: 597-602
Citations: 5078
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                                    R. Venkatasubramanian, 
                                
                                    E. Siivola, 
                                
                                    T.S. Colpitts
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Thin-film thermoelectric devices with high room-temperature figures of merit. 
                            Nature
                            , 413
                            (6856)
                            , 597-602.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/35098012
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/35098012