Optimizing Electrical and Thermal Transport Property in BiCuSeO Superlattice via Heterolayer-isovalent Dual-doping Approach

Zhou LI; Chong XIAO; [in Chinese]; [in Chinese]

doi:10.15541/jim20180303

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