journal article·2025-06

A DFT study of the structural, electronic, optical, thermoelectric, and thermodynamic properties of the halide double perovskite Cs2CeCl6

A. Jabar, S. Idrissi, L. Bahmad

Journal of Electroceramics· Volume 53· Issue 2
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