Power Factor Improvement and Thermal Conductivity Reduction -by Band Engineering and Modulation-doping in Nanocomposites
Thesis advisor: Zhifeng Ren === Thermoelectrics, as one promising approach for solid-state energy conversion between heat and electricity, is becoming increasingly important within the last a couple of decades as the availability and negative environmental impact of fossil fuels draw increasing atte...
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Boston College
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2623 |