Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 45, Issue 3, 415(2024)

Neutron Detectors Based on Large-Thickness Hexagonal Boron Nitrides

LIU Jingrun1... CAO Yan2,3, LIU Xiaohang1, FAN Shengda1, WANG Shuai1, CHEN Xi4, LIU Hongtao2, LIU Yancheng2, ZHAO Jiangbin5, HE Gaokui5 and CHEN Zhanguo1 |Show fewer author(s)
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    LIU Jingrun, CAO Yan, LIU Xiaohang, FAN Shengda, WANG Shuai, CHEN Xi, LIU Hongtao, LIU Yancheng, ZHAO Jiangbin, HE Gaokui, CHEN Zhanguo. Neutron Detectors Based on Large-Thickness Hexagonal Boron Nitrides[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2024, 45(3): 415

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    Received: Jan. 20, 2024

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    Published Online: Oct. 15, 2024

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    DOI:10. 16818/j. issn1001-5868. 2024012001

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