Influence of the statistical shift of Fermi level on the conductivity behavior in microcrystalline silicon

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ram, Sanjay K ^a   Kumar, Satyendra ^a   Roca I Cabarrocas, P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

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EID: 38849117619     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.045212     Document Type: Article

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