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Practical application research. Selecting some typical antiperovskites with fascinating physical properties,
the practical applications can be explored in the fields of optics, microelectronics, refrigeration, aerospace,
etc.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Conceived and designed the manuscript: Deng S, He L, Wang C
Drafted and revised the manuscript: Deng S, Wang H, He L, Wang C

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Financial support and sponsorship
This work was financially supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation
(2022A1515140117), Large Scientific Facility Open Subject of Songshan Lake (Dongguan, Guangdong), the
National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2021YFA1600602 and No. 2021YFA1600603) and
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52371190, No. U2032167, No. 12041202, No.
U2032220, No. U1832219, and No. 52272264), the Sino-German Mobility Programme (No. M-0273), and
the Key Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

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