Heterobarrier for converting hot-phonon energy to electric potential

Shin, Seungha; Melnick, Corey; Kaviany, Massoud

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075317

Title: Heterobarrier for converting hot-phonon energy to electric potential

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Authors:: Shin, Seungha; Melnick, Corey; Kaviany, Massoud

Publication Date:: Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2013

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1102300

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Shin, Seungha, Melnick, Corey, and Kaviany, Massoud. Heterobarrier for converting hot-phonon energy to electric potential.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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  title        = {Heterobarrier for converting hot-phonon energy to electric potential},

  author       = {Shin, Seungha and Melnick, Corey and Kaviany, Massoud},

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