Impurity clustering and impurity-induced bands in PbTe-, SnTe-, and GeTe-based bulk thermoelectrics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Hoang, Khang ^a   Mahanti, S D ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^c,d  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77955006025     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.115106     Document Type: Article

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