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Title: Thinking Like a Chemist: Intuition in Thermoelectric Materials

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [1]
  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208 USA
  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40 01187 Dresden Germany
  3. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA 91125 USA
  4. Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN), Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
  5. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208 USA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1387741
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 24; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
solar (photovoltaic), solar (thermal), solid state lighting, phonons, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric, defects, mechanical behavior, charge transport, spin dynamics, materials and chemistry by design, optics, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing)

Citation Formats

Zeier, Wolfgang G., Zevalkink, Alex, Gibbs, Zachary M., Hautier, Geoffroy, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., and Snyder, G. Jeffrey. Thinking Like a Chemist: Intuition in Thermoelectric Materials. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1002/anie.201508381.
Zeier, Wolfgang G., Zevalkink, Alex, Gibbs, Zachary M., Hautier, Geoffroy, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., & Snyder, G. Jeffrey. Thinking Like a Chemist: Intuition in Thermoelectric Materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201508381
Zeier, Wolfgang G., Zevalkink, Alex, Gibbs, Zachary M., Hautier, Geoffroy, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., and Snyder, G. Jeffrey. 2016. "Thinking Like a Chemist: Intuition in Thermoelectric Materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201508381.
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year = {Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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