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Strategies to Investigate Grain Boundary Structure and Properties of Bulk Thermoelectric Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2019

Jann A. Grovogui
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Poya Yasaei
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Ian T. Witting
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
G. Jeffery Snyder
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Vinayak P. Dravid*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
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*Corresponding Author: v-dravid@northwestern.edu

Abstract

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Type
Microscopy and Microanalysis for Real-World Problem Solving
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2019 

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[5]This work made use of the MatCI Facility which receives support from the MRSEC Program (NSF DMR-1720139 ) of the Materials Research Center at Northwestern University In addition, this work made use of the EPIC, facility of Northwestern University's NUANCE Center, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-1542205); the MRSEC program (NSF DMR-1121262) at the Materials Research Center; the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN); the Keck Foundation; and the State of Illinois, through the IIN. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-SC0014520. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE-1324585.Google Scholar