Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 2, 69(2025)

Structural, electronic, and optical studies of chalcogenides stannite Cu2CdSnX4 (X=S, Se, and Te): insights from the DFT study

Jamal GUERROUM... Mohamed AL-HATTAB, Lhoucine MOUDOU, Khalid RAHMANI, Youssef LACHTIOUI and Omar BAJJOU |Show fewer author(s)
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GUERROUM Jamal, AL-HATTAB Mohamed, MOUDOU Lhoucine, RAHMANI Khalid, LACHTIOUI Youssef, BAJJOU Omar. Structural, electronic, and optical studies of chalcogenides stannite Cu2CdSnX4 (X=S, Se, and Te): insights from the DFT study[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2025, 21(2): 69

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Received: Jan. 16, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 24, 2025

Published Online: Jan. 24, 2025

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DOI:10.1007/s11801-025-4015-y

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