Impact of evaporation rates of Cd and Te on structural, morphological, optical, and electrical properties of CdTe thin films deposited by a two-sourced evaporation technique

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2149-2154

  Ali, A ^a   Shah, N A ^a   Aqili, A K S ^b   Maqsood, A ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

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EID: 33749034195     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg060217q     Document Type: Article

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