Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 821657, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/821657
Research Article
Fabrication and Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Alumina Nanoparticle-Dispersed Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 Matrix Composites
Powder & Ceramic Materials Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, 797 Changwon-daero, Seongsan-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam 642-831, Republic of Korea
Received 25 June 2013; Revised 14 September 2013; Accepted 14 October 2013
Academic Editor: Hyung-Ho Park
Copyright © 2013 Kyung Tae Kim and Gook Hyun Ha. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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