Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 45, Issue 5, 798(2024)

Theoretical Study of the Temperature Characteristics of the Tunnel Magneto-Seebeck Effect in MgO-based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

LIU Chao... TAO Yizhou and FANG He’nan |Show fewer author(s)
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  • College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, CHN
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    Received: Apr. 6, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 13, 2025

    Published Online: Feb. 13, 2025

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    DOI:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.2024040601

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