Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in Rare-Earth Element-Free CaMg<sub>2</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub> with High Carrier Mobility and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity

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(b) The zoomed-in XRD patterns between 30° and 34°. (c) Ba concentration-dependent lattice parameters.</div></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://d31iiq90dwlpfy.cloudfront.net/articles/research/volume-2020/5016564/figures/5016564.fig.001a.svgz" name="5016564.fig.001a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://d31iiq90dwlpfy.cloudfront.net/articles/research/volume-2020/5016564/figures/5016564.fig.001b.svgz" name="5016564.fig.001b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://d31iiq90dwlpfy.cloudfront.net/articles/research/volume-2020/5016564/figures/5016564.fig.001c.svgz" name="5016564.fig.001c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b></td></tr></table></div></div>

Figure 1 | Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in Rare-Earth Element-Free CaMg<sub>2</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub> with High Carrier Mobility and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity

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Figure 1: Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in Rare-Earth Element-Free CaMg<sub>2</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub> with High Carrier Mobility and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity

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Figure 1 | Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in Rare-Earth Element-Free CaMg2Bi2 with High Carrier Mobility and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity

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