Compensation Effect of Carbon Impurities on the Resistivity of p-GaN

Xinning Wu; Zhaoyang Liu; Mingjia Liu; Yuntao Zhao; Haoran Qi; Mei Zhou; Huixing Shen; Degang Zhao

doi:10.3788/CJL202148.1303001

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