Effect of Annealing Conditions on Thermoelectric Properties of Magnetron Sputtered MgO-Ag3Sb-Sb2O4 Flexible Films

Dan LIU; Yaxin ZHAO; Rui GUO; Yantao LIU; Zhidong ZHANG; Zengxing ZHANG; Chenyang XUE

doi:10.15541/jim20220107

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