High Temperature Interfacial Stability of Fe/Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 Thermoelectric Elements

Xu WANG; Ming GU; Jincheng LIAO; Qingfeng SONG; Xun SHI; Shengqiang BAI; Lidong CHEN

doi:10.15541/jim20200126

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