journal article·2025-07

Deep-level defects and carrier manipulation in Sn-doped β-Ga2O3 (100) single crystals

Jiahao Yao, Yiyuan Liu, Zhaoxuan Fang, Zhengpeng Wang, Na Sun, Hehe Gong, Wenxiang Mu, Zhitai Jia, Xutang Tao, Fangfang Ren, Shulin Gu, Rong Zhang, Jiandong Ye

Science China Materials· Volume 68· Issue 7
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