Spectroscopic, topological, and electronic characterization of ultrathin a-CdTe:O tunnel barriers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3075-3080

  Dolog, Ivan ^a   Mallik, Robert R ^a   Malz, Dan ^a   Mozynski, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING (IET) JUNCTIONS; ISLAND STRUCTURE; TUNNEL BARRIERS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ARGON; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SPUTTERING; STOICHIOMETRY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 1842478948     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1647259     Document Type: Article

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