Tuning zinc doping content to optimize optical and structural properties of Cd1-xZnxS buffer layers

Xin XIE; Yuming XUE; Chaoqun LU; Yifan WANG; Binbin WEN; Jiangchao and WANG

doi:10.1007/s11801-023-2112-3

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