Strong electron correlation-induced Mott-insulating electrides of Ae5X3 (Ae = Ca, Sr, and Ba; X = As and Sb)

Ya Xu; Lu Zheng; Yunkun Zhang; Zhuangfei Zhang; QianQian Wang; Yuewen Zhang; Liangchao Chen; Chao Fang; Biao Wan; Huiyang Gou

doi:10.1063/5.0187372

Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 037402(2024)

Strong electron correlation-induced Mott-insulating electrides of Ae₅X₃ (Ae = Ca, Sr, and Ba; X = As and Sb)

Ya Xu1... Lu Zheng1, Yunkun Zhang2, Zhuangfei Zhang1, QianQian Wang1, Yuewen Zhang1, Liangchao Chen1, Chao Fang1, Biao Wan1,a) and Huiyang Gou3 |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Material Physics of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Laboratory of Zhongyuan Light, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China

²School of Mechanical and Equipment Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China

³Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing 100094, China

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Ya Xu, Lu Zheng, Yunkun Zhang, Zhuangfei Zhang, QianQian Wang, Yuewen Zhang, Liangchao Chen, Chao Fang, Biao Wan, Huiyang Gou. Strong electron correlation-induced Mott-insulating electrides of Ae₅X₃ (Ae = Ca, Sr, and Ba; X = As and Sb)[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(3): 037402

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Received: Nov. 13, 2023

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Published Online: Jul. 2, 2024

The Author Email: Wan Biao (biaowan@zzu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1063/5.0187372

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