{"id":4288,"date":"2025-04-24T08:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.kibu.ac.ke\/?p=4288"},"modified":"2025-12-27T00:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:10:23","slug":"first-principles-calculations-to-investigate-the-bulk-electronic-optical-and-thermoelectric-properties-of-bage2as2-and-bage2p2-alloys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/first-principles-calculations-to-investigate-the-bulk-electronic-optical-and-thermoelectric-properties-of-bage2as2-and-bage2p2-alloys\/","title":{"rendered":"First-principles calculations to investigate the bulk, electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of BaGe2As2 and BaGe2P2 alloys"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4288\" class=\"elementor elementor-4288\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bce3f8e 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data-id=\"6b401569\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54c3d107 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54c3d107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Abstract<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ec3dc06 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ec3dc06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The structural, elastic, electronic, and optical properties of BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-17-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>As<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-18-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-19-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>P<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-20-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0have been theoretically investigated, but their thermoelectric properties have not been reported. The current work aimed at conducting an exhaustive study on the bulk, electronic, and optical properties as well as the thermoelectric property of BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-21-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>As<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-22-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-23-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>P<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-24-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0zintl phase compounds. Density functional theory implemented in Quantum ESPRESSO code combined with other processing codes such as Thermo<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-25-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mo is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;#x2212;&lt;\/mo&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">\u2212<\/span><\/span><\/span>pw and BoltzTrap were employed in this study. The lattice constants computed were found to agree well with the other theoretical and experimental results, demonstrating validity of the study. Both compounds are brittle, elastically anisotropic and mechanically as well thermodynamically stable. The materials in this investigation were discovered to be semiconductors with indirect band gaps of 0.73 eV and 1.14 eV for BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-26-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>As<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-27-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-28-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>P<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-29-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0respectively. Therefore, both materials are appropriate for use in the electronics sector, notably in temperature control applications. The PDOS analysis suggests that P and As in BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-30-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>P<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-31-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-32-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>As<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-33-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>, respectively, dominate the conduction band, whereas Ge dominates the valence band in both cases. The results also show that BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-34-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>P<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-35-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0out-performs BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-36-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>As<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-37-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0in terms of optical absorption coefficient. Both BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-38-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>As<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-39-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-40-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>P<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-41-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0are excellent p-type thermoelectric materials but BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-42-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>P<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-43-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0has a greater figure of merit than BaGe<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-44-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>As<span class=\"math\"><span id=\"MathJax-Element-45-Frame\" class=\"MathJax_SVG\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" data-mathml=\"&lt;math xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML&quot;&gt;&lt;msub is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot; \/&gt;&lt;mrow is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;mn is=&quot;true&quot;&gt;2&lt;\/mn&gt;&lt;\/mrow&gt;&lt;\/msub&gt;&lt;\/math&gt;\"><span class=\"MJX_Assistive_MathML\" role=\"presentation\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span>, making it a potential thermoelectric material. 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