Chemical bonding, conductive network, and thermoelectric performance of the ternary semiconductors Cu 2SnX 3 (X= Se, S) from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Xi, L ^a   Zhang, Y B ^a   Shi, X Y ^a   Yang, J ^a   Shi, X ^a   Chen, L D ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Yang, Jihui ^b   Singh, D J ^c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84867060312     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155201     Document Type: Article

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