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Title: Band gap estimation from temperature dependent Seebeck measurement—Deviations from the 2e|S|maxTmax relation

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 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  2. Department of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, California 91125, USA, Materials Research Center, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics, Suwon 443-803, South Korea
  3. Department of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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1226694
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EDCBEE
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Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Volume: 106 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Gibbs, Zachary M., Kim, Hyun-Sik, Wang, Heng, and Snyder, G. Jeffrey. Band gap estimation from temperature dependent Seebeck measurement—Deviations from the 2e|S|maxTmax relation. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4905922.
Gibbs, Zachary M., Kim, Hyun-Sik, Wang, Heng, & Snyder, G. Jeffrey. Band gap estimation from temperature dependent Seebeck measurement—Deviations from the 2e|S|maxTmax relation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905922
Gibbs, Zachary M., Kim, Hyun-Sik, Wang, Heng, and Snyder, G. Jeffrey. Thu . "Band gap estimation from temperature dependent Seebeck measurement—Deviations from the 2e|S|maxTmax relation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905922.
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