Original Article
  • Research on Fabrication of CNT-based Thermoelectric Filament and Optimization of 3D Printing

  • Ji Hun Lee*, U-Daam Choi*, Kyungwho Choi*† , Dukhyun Choi*, **†

  • * School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
    ** School of Future Energy Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University

  • CNT 기반 열전 필라멘트 제작 및 3D 프린팅 최적화에 대한 연구

  • 이지훈* · 최유담* · 최경후*† · 최덕현*, **†

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Correspondence to

  • Kyungwho Choi* , Dukhyun Choi*, **

  • * School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
    ** School of Future Energy Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University

  • E-mail: kw.choi@skku.edu, bred96@skku.eud