IT1138204B - Metodo per incrementare la banda proibita di leghe amorfe fotosensibili e dispositivi ottenuti con tale metodo - Google Patents

Metodo per incrementare la banda proibita di leghe amorfe fotosensibili e dispositivi ottenuti con tale metodo

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IT1138204B
IT1138204B IT23828/81A IT2382881A IT1138204B IT 1138204 B IT1138204 B IT 1138204B IT 23828/81 A IT23828/81 A IT 23828/81A IT 2382881 A IT2382881 A IT 2382881A IT 1138204 B IT1138204 B IT 1138204B
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increase
forbidden band
amorphous alloys
devices obtained
photosensitive amorphous
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IT23828/81A
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Robert Ovshinsky Stanford
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Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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IT23828/81A 1980-09-09 1981-09-07 Metodo per incrementare la banda proibita di leghe amorfe fotosensibili e dispositivi ottenuti con tale metodo IT1138204B (it)

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US06/185,520 US4342044A (en) 1978-03-08 1980-09-09 Method for optimizing photoresponsive amorphous alloys and devices
US20647680A 1980-11-13 1980-11-13

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AU (1) AU541939B2 (OSRAM)
BR (1) BR8105746A (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA1192817A (OSRAM)
DE (1) DE3135412C2 (OSRAM)
ES (1) ES8302362A1 (OSRAM)
FR (1) FR2490019B1 (OSRAM)
GB (1) GB2083704B (OSRAM)
IE (1) IE52208B1 (OSRAM)
IL (1) IL63755A (OSRAM)
IN (1) IN157494B (OSRAM)
IT (1) IT1138204B (OSRAM)
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US4887134A (en) * 1986-09-26 1989-12-12 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Semiconductor device having a semiconductor region in which either the conduction or valence band remains flat while bandgap is continuously graded
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DE3135412C2 (de) 1985-11-21
SE8105278L (sv) 1982-03-10
FR2490019B1 (fr) 1985-10-31
IN157494B (OSRAM) 1986-04-12
BR8105746A (pt) 1982-05-25
IT8123828A0 (it) 1981-09-07
FR2490019A1 (fr) 1982-03-12
KR830008407A (ko) 1983-11-18
IL63755A0 (en) 1981-12-31
AU541939B2 (en) 1985-01-31
GB2083704A (en) 1982-03-24
IL63755A (en) 1984-07-31
DE3135412A1 (de) 1982-08-12
NL8104139A (nl) 1982-04-01
AU7502081A (en) 1982-03-18
ES505269A0 (es) 1982-12-16
ES8302362A1 (es) 1982-12-16
GB2083704B (en) 1985-08-21
IE812064L (en) 1982-03-09
KR890000479B1 (ko) 1989-03-18
CA1192817A (en) 1985-09-03

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