Effect of thickness on the optical band gap of silver telluride thin films

Journal of Ovonic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Pandiaraman, M ^a   Soundararajan, N ^a   Vijayan, C ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Band gap; Effective mass; Quantum size; Semiconductor; Thickness; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857871917     PISSN: 18422403     EISSN: 15849953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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