Qualifying the Role of Indium in the Multiple-Filled Ce0.1InxYb0.2Co4Sb12 Skutterudite
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Experimental Section
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References and Notes
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Graff, J.; He, J.; Tritt, T.M. Qualifying the Role of Indium in the Multiple-Filled Ce0.1InxYb0.2Co4Sb12 Skutterudite. Inorganics 2014, 2, 168-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics2020168
Graff J, He J, Tritt TM. Qualifying the Role of Indium in the Multiple-Filled Ce0.1InxYb0.2Co4Sb12 Skutterudite. Inorganics. 2014; 2(2):168-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics2020168
Chicago/Turabian StyleGraff, Jennifer, Jian He, and Terry M. Tritt. 2014. "Qualifying the Role of Indium in the Multiple-Filled Ce0.1InxYb0.2Co4Sb12 Skutterudite" Inorganics 2, no. 2: 168-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics2020168