journal article·2024-10

Exploring the role of film thickness and oxygen vacancies on the H2S gas-sensing performance of RF magnetron-sputtered NiO thin films

Stuti Srivastava, Charu Dwivedi, Ashwani Kumar, Govind Gupta, Preetam Singh

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 59· Issue 37
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