• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 41, Issue 5, 051204 (2020)
Yirong Su, Wenbo Ma, and Yang (Michael) Yang
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  • State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    Yirong Su, Wenbo Ma, Yang (Michael) Yang. Perovskite semiconductors for direct X-ray detection and imaging[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(5): 051204 Copy Citation Text show less
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