High thermoelectric performance in copper telluride
10.1038/am.2015.91
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He, Y., Zhang, T., Shi, X., Wei, S.-H., & Chen, L. (2015). High thermoelectric performance in copper telluride. NPG Asia Materials, 7(8), e210–e210.

Authors 5
  1. Ying He (first)
  2. Tiansong Zhang (additional)
  3. Xun Shi (additional)
  4. Su-Huai Wei (additional)
  5. Lidong Chen (additional)
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@article{He_2015, title={High thermoelectric performance in copper telluride}, volume={7}, ISSN={1884-4057}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/am.2015.91}, DOI={10.1038/am.2015.91}, number={8}, journal={NPG Asia Materials}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={He, Ying and Zhang, Tiansong and Shi, Xun and Wei, Su-Huai and Chen, Lidong}, year={2015}, month=aug, pages={e210–e210} }