journal article·2025-08

Ferromagnetism enhancing thermoelectric transport properties in dilute magnetic semiconductor Ge1−xMnxTe

Xiaofeng Chen, Ping Wei, Tiantian Chen, Xianfeng Ye, Junjie Ge, Zhixin Tang, Wanting Zhu, Xiaolei Nie, Danqi He, Mingrui Liu, Wenyu Zhao, Qingjie Zhang

Science China Materials· Volume 68· Issue 8
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