Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 50, Issue 9, 1633(2021)

Mechanical Properties and Thermoelectric Transport Performance of Mg2Sn from First-Principle Calculations

CHEN Song, MAO Wenwei, and WANG Weiguo
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    Received: May. 11, 2021

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    Published Online: Nov. 8, 2021

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