Study of optical properties of CdS/PbS and PbS/CdS heterojunction thin films deposited using solution growth technique

Chalcogenide Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 443-452

  Onyia, A I ^a   Nnabuchi, M N ^a  

^a ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Band gap; CdS PbS; Heterojunction; PbS CdS; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907512126     PISSN: 15848663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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