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Design and Optimization of a Lead-Free Cesium Titanium Bromide-Based Solar Cell with Different Buffer Layers: A Numerical Device Simulation

Muhammad Waqas Yousuf, Muhammad Zulfiqar, Nargis Bano, Aamir Alaud Din, Rizwan Ul Hassan

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