Evaluation of the Tauc method for optical absorption edge determination: ZnO thin films as a model system

Physica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research - Tập 252 Số 8 - Trang 1700-1710 - 2015
Brian D. Viezbicke1, Shane Patel1, Benjamin E. Davis1, Dunbar P. Birnie1
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065, USA

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