High Thermoelectric Performance in Non‐Toxic Earth‐Abundant Copper Sulfide. (26th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: He, Ying; Day, Tristan; Zhang, Tiansong; Liu, Huili; Shi, Xun; Chen, Lidong; Snyder, G. Jeffrey
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 23(2014)
• Page Start: 3974
• Page End: 3978
• Publication Date: 2014-03-26
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201400515
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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