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Title: Evidence of minority carrier injection efficiency >90% in an epitaxial graphene/SiC Schottky emitter bipolar junction phototransistor for ultraviolet detection

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 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1235974
Grant/Contract Number:  
12-3834
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Volume: 108 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Chava, Venkata S. N., Omar, Sabih U., Brown, Gabriel, Shetu, Shamaita S., Andrews, J., Sudarshan, T. S., and Chandrashekhar, M. V. S. Evidence of minority carrier injection efficiency >90% in an epitaxial graphene/SiC Schottky emitter bipolar junction phototransistor for ultraviolet detection. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4940385.
Chava, Venkata S. N., Omar, Sabih U., Brown, Gabriel, Shetu, Shamaita S., Andrews, J., Sudarshan, T. S., & Chandrashekhar, M. V. S. Evidence of minority carrier injection efficiency >90% in an epitaxial graphene/SiC Schottky emitter bipolar junction phototransistor for ultraviolet detection. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940385
Chava, Venkata S. N., Omar, Sabih U., Brown, Gabriel, Shetu, Shamaita S., Andrews, J., Sudarshan, T. S., and Chandrashekhar, M. V. S. Tue . "Evidence of minority carrier injection efficiency >90% in an epitaxial graphene/SiC Schottky emitter bipolar junction phototransistor for ultraviolet detection". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940385.
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year = {Tue Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2016},
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