Effect of point defects on the electronic density of states of ScN studied by first-principles calculations and implications for thermoelectric properties

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Kerdsongpanya, Sit ^a   Alling, Björn ^a   Eklund, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84870398379     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.195140     Document Type: Article

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