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Title: Grain boundary scattering effects on mobilities in p-type polycrystalline SnSe

Abstract

Grain boundary scattering is the dominant reason for the deteriorated performance of polycrystalline SnSe compared to single crystals.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology; Wuhan; China; Department of Physics
  2. Department of Physics; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor; USA
  3. College of Physics; Chongqing University; Chongqing; China
  4. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology; Wuhan; China
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Policy and International Affairs (PO)
OSTI Identifier:
1539971
DOE Contract Number:  
PI0000012; SC0008574
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 39; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7526
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Materials Science; Physics

Citation Formats

Wang, Si, Hui, Si, Peng, Kunling, Bailey, Trevor P., Zhou, Xiaoyuan, Tang, Xinfeng, and Uher, Ctirad. Grain boundary scattering effects on mobilities in p-type polycrystalline SnSe. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1039/c7tc03022c.
Wang, Si, Hui, Si, Peng, Kunling, Bailey, Trevor P., Zhou, Xiaoyuan, Tang, Xinfeng, & Uher, Ctirad. Grain boundary scattering effects on mobilities in p-type polycrystalline SnSe. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc03022c
Wang, Si, Hui, Si, Peng, Kunling, Bailey, Trevor P., Zhou, Xiaoyuan, Tang, Xinfeng, and Uher, Ctirad. 2017. "Grain boundary scattering effects on mobilities in p-type polycrystalline SnSe". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc03022c.
@article{osti_1539971,
title = {Grain boundary scattering effects on mobilities in p-type polycrystalline SnSe},
author = {Wang, Si and Hui, Si and Peng, Kunling and Bailey, Trevor P. and Zhou, Xiaoyuan and Tang, Xinfeng and Uher, Ctirad},
abstractNote = {Grain boundary scattering is the dominant reason for the deteriorated performance of polycrystalline SnSe compared to single crystals.},
doi = {10.1039/c7tc03022c},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1539971}, journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry C},
issn = {2050-7526},
number = 39,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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