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Title: Surface oxidation and thermoelectric properties of indium-doped tin telluride nanowires

Abstract

The In-doped SnTe nanowire surface is composed of In2O3, SnO2, Te and TeO2which can be readily removed by argon ion sputtering.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [4]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. at Buffalo - The State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1377605
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1407898
Report Number(s):
SAND-2017-9019J; LA-UR-17-27136
Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364; NANOHL; 656453
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanoscale
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 35; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Material Science

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Li, Zhen, Xu, Enzhi, Losovyj, Yaroslav, Li, Nan, Chen, Aiping, Swartzentruber, Brian, Sinitsyn, Nikolai, Yoo, Jinkyoung, Jia, Quanxi, and Zhang, Shixiong. Surface oxidation and thermoelectric properties of indium-doped tin telluride nanowires. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1039/C7NR04934J.
Li, Zhen, Xu, Enzhi, Losovyj, Yaroslav, Li, Nan, Chen, Aiping, Swartzentruber, Brian, Sinitsyn, Nikolai, Yoo, Jinkyoung, Jia, Quanxi, & Zhang, Shixiong. Surface oxidation and thermoelectric properties of indium-doped tin telluride nanowires. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR04934J
Li, Zhen, Xu, Enzhi, Losovyj, Yaroslav, Li, Nan, Chen, Aiping, Swartzentruber, Brian, Sinitsyn, Nikolai, Yoo, Jinkyoung, Jia, Quanxi, and Zhang, Shixiong. Tue . "Surface oxidation and thermoelectric properties of indium-doped tin telluride nanowires". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR04934J. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1377605.
@article{osti_1377605,
title = {Surface oxidation and thermoelectric properties of indium-doped tin telluride nanowires},
author = {Li, Zhen and Xu, Enzhi and Losovyj, Yaroslav and Li, Nan and Chen, Aiping and Swartzentruber, Brian and Sinitsyn, Nikolai and Yoo, Jinkyoung and Jia, Quanxi and Zhang, Shixiong},
abstractNote = {The In-doped SnTe nanowire surface is composed of In2O3, SnO2, Te and TeO2which can be readily removed by argon ion sputtering.},
doi = {10.1039/C7NR04934J},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 35,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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