Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 53, Issue 10, 1705(2024)

Effect of Thermal Treated GaSb Substrate for Epitaxial Growth of CdZnTe Film by Close-Spaced Sublimation Method

LI Yang1... CAO Kun1,2 and JIE Wanqi1,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi′an 710072, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi′an 710072, China
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    LI Yang, CAO Kun, JIE Wanqi. Effect of Thermal Treated GaSb Substrate for Epitaxial Growth of CdZnTe Film by Close-Spaced Sublimation Method[J]. Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2024, 53(10): 1705

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    Received: Jul. 5, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 17, 2025

    Published Online: Jan. 17, 2025

    The Author Email: Wanqi JIE (jwq@nwpu.edu.cn)

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    CSTR:32186.14.

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