Ternary SnS2-x Sex Alloys Nanosheets and Nanosheet Assemblies with Tunable Chemical Compositions and Band Gaps for Photodetector Applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yu, Jing ^a   Xu, Cheng Yan ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Zhou, Fei ^a   Chen, Xiao Shuang ^a   Hu, Ping An ^a   Zhen, Liang ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84948684359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17109     Document Type: Article

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