Investigation of Al Schottky junction on n-type CdS film deposited on polymer substrate

Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Gupta, Sandhya ^a   Patidar, Dinesh ^a   Baboo, Mahesh ^a   Sharma, Kananbala ^a   Saxena, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Al n CdS thin film; polymer substrate; Schottky barrier junction; thermal evaporation method

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955750343     PISSN: 16744128     EISSN: 16744594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12200-010-0102-0     Document Type: Article

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