Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 53, Issue 7, 1993(2025)

High-Quality Heavy Sn-Doped ZnGa2O4 Single Crystal

LI Zhengyuan, LI Huihui, ZHANG Kun, YIN Qiang, WANG Pei, ZHANG Jin, JIA Zhitai, and MU Wenxiang
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  • State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Novel Semiconductors, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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    LI Zhengyuan, LI Huihui, ZHANG Kun, YIN Qiang, WANG Pei, ZHANG Jin, JIA Zhitai, MU Wenxiang. High-Quality Heavy Sn-Doped ZnGa2O4 Single Crystal[J]. Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 53(7): 1993

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    Received: Jan. 21, 2025

    Accepted: Aug. 12, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 12, 2025

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    DOI:10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250057

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