Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 53, Issue 8, 2239(2025)

Molding and Performance of Highly Dense Indium Tin Oxide Tubular Targets

WEN Lang1, ZHAO Tianhao1, XU Huarui1, LONG Shenfeng1, WU Fangzhou1, XU Jiwen1, ZHU Guisheng1、*, and HUANG Shicheng2
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  • 1Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Engineering Research Center of Electronic Information Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, China
  • 2Guangxi Jinglian Photoelectric Material Co., Ltd, Liuzhou 545036, Guangxi, China
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    WEN Lang, ZHAO Tianhao, XU Huarui, LONG Shenfeng, WU Fangzhou, XU Jiwen, ZHU Guisheng, HUANG Shicheng. Molding and Performance of Highly Dense Indium Tin Oxide Tubular Targets[J]. Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 53(8): 2239

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    Received: Jan. 8, 2025

    Accepted: Sep. 5, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 5, 2025

    The Author Email: ZHU Guisheng (Zhuguisheng@guet.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250017

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