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Highly Transparent and Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Visible-Photodetector Based on Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Transistors with Heterojunction Structure

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Corrugated Heterojunction Metal‐Oxide Thin‐Film Transistors with High Electron Mobility via Vertical Interface Manipulation

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Combustion-assisted low-temperature solution process for high-performance SnO2 thin-film transistors

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The role of oxygen in determining the electrical performance of ZnSnO nanofiber field-effect transistors

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Ultrabright and Efficient Deep‐Red Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes Enabled by Ternary Zinc Stannate Nanocrystal Electron Transport Layer

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