Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials.

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Published in Nature on January 10, 2008

Authors

Akram I Boukai1, Yuri Bunimovich, Jamil Tahir-Kheli, Jen-Kan Yu, William A Goddard, James R Heath

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MC 127-72, 1200 East California Blvd, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.

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