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Title: Minority carrier barrier heterojunctions for improved thermoelectric efficiency

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OSTI Identifier:
1252081
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SC0001009
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Journal Name:
Nano Energy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Nano Energy Journal Volume: 12 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English

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Burke, Peter G., Curtin, Benjamin M., Bowers, John E., and Gossard, Arthur C. Minority carrier barrier heterojunctions for improved thermoelectric efficiency. Netherlands: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.01.037.
Burke, Peter G., Curtin, Benjamin M., Bowers, John E., & Gossard, Arthur C. Minority carrier barrier heterojunctions for improved thermoelectric efficiency. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.01.037
Burke, Peter G., Curtin, Benjamin M., Bowers, John E., and Gossard, Arthur C. Sun . "Minority carrier barrier heterojunctions for improved thermoelectric efficiency". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.01.037.
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year = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},
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