Electron and hole trapping in polycrystalline metal oxide materials
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Electron-trapping polycrystalline materials with negative electron affinity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1364-5021,1471-2946
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0518