• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 38, Issue 3, 270 (2023)
Siqi LIN1,2,3, Airan LI4, Chenguang FU4, Rongbing LI1, and Min JIN1,3,*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. College of Materials, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai 201306, China
  • 22. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
  • 33. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 44. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20220356 Cite this Article
    Siqi LIN, Airan LI, Chenguang FU, Rongbing LI, Min JIN. Crystal Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Zintl Phase Mg3X2 (X=Sb, Bi) Based Materials: a Review [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(3): 270 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Siqi LIN, Airan LI, Chenguang FU, Rongbing LI, Min JIN. Crystal Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Zintl Phase Mg3X2 (X=Sb, Bi) Based Materials: a Review [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(3): 270
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