Si-Based Materials for Thermoelectric Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Bulk Nano-Si Thermoelectric Material
3. Synthesis and Size Control of Si and Metal Silicide Nanocomposites by Melt-Spinning
4. Promising New Metal Silicide for TE Devices
5. Summary
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tanusilp, S.-a.; Kurosaki, K. Si-Based Materials for Thermoelectric Applications. Materials 2019, 12, 1943. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121943
Tanusilp S-a, Kurosaki K. Si-Based Materials for Thermoelectric Applications. Materials. 2019; 12(12):1943. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121943
Chicago/Turabian StyleTanusilp, Sora-at, and Ken Kurosaki. 2019. "Si-Based Materials for Thermoelectric Applications" Materials 12, no. 12: 1943. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121943