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Effect of evaporation rate and substrate temperature on optical, structural, and electrical properties of ZnTe:Sb films deposited by thermal evaporation of Zn, Te, and Sb sources Cover

Effect of evaporation rate and substrate temperature on optical, structural, and electrical properties of ZnTe:Sb films deposited by thermal evaporation of Zn, Te, and Sb sources

Materials Science-Poland
Volume 43 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By: Akram Aqili,  Anas Y. Al-Reyahi and  Mufeed Maghrabi  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2025-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2083-134X | Journal ISSN: 2083-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 78 - 86
Submitted on: May 9, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 26, 2025
Published on: Jun 30, 2025
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
ZnTe films,
Antimony,
Thermal evaporation,
Optical properties,
Energy gap,
DC conductivity and activation energy
Related subjects:
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other,
Nanomaterials,
Functional and smart materials,
Materials characterization and properties

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