Zintl-phase compounds with SnSb4 tetrahedral anions: Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Lijun ^a   Du, Mao Hua ^a   Singh, D J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77954855385     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075117     Document Type: Article

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