Self-passivation rule and structure of CdTe Σ3 (112) grain boundaries

Physical Review B

Volumn 93, Issue 20, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Cheng Yan ^a,b   Zhang, Yue Yu ^a,b   Hou, Yu Sheng ^a,b   Chen, Shi You ^c   Xiang, Hong Jun ^a,b   Gong, Xin Gao ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Electronic Science and Engineering   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84971009550     PISSN: 24699950     EISSN: 24699969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205426     Document Type: Article

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