Lone pair electrons minimize lattice thermal conductivity
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- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Revolutionary Materials for Solid State Energy Conversion (RMSSEC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1382245
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0001054
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Energy & Environmental Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 2; Related Information: RMSSEC partners with Michigan State University (lead); University of California, Los Angeles; University of Michigan; Northwestern University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Ohio State University; Wayne State University; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- solar (thermal), phonons, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric, mechanical behavior, charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing)
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Nielsen, Michele D., Ozolins, Vidvuds, and Heremans, Joseph P. Lone pair electrons minimize lattice thermal conductivity. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. doi:10.1039/c2ee23391f.
Nielsen, Michele D., Ozolins, Vidvuds, & Heremans, Joseph P. Lone pair electrons minimize lattice thermal conductivity. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ee23391f
Nielsen, Michele D., Ozolins, Vidvuds, and Heremans, Joseph P. 2013.
"Lone pair electrons minimize lattice thermal conductivity". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ee23391f.
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013}
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