journal article·2025-11

Improvement of the photovoltaic device performance with TeO2–GeO2–PbO cover layer doped with Eu3+, ZnO, TiO2, and Ag nanoparticles

G.R.S. Mattos, A. Chiasera, S.M.L. Scaria, R. Sengottaiyan, L.A. Gómez-Malagón, L.R.P. Kassab

Ceramics International· Volume 51· Issue 27
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