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  • Defect identification and spectral analysis of nanosized SnS2-ZnO mixture for enhanced UV light absorption

  • Shih-Ming Tsenga, Alex C.H. Leeb,*, Omid Ali Zargarb, Chun-Chieh Huangc, Jow-Lay Huanga and Horng-Hwa Lub,*

  • aDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    bDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411030, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    cDepartment of Semiconductor and Electro-Optical Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan 710301, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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This Article

  • 2025; 26(6): 1074-1080

    Published on Dec 31, 2025

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2025.26.6.1074
  • Received on Jan 27, 2025
  • Revised on Apr 22, 2025
  • Accepted on Apr 28, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Alex C.H. Lee b and Horng-Hwa Lu b

  • aDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    bDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411030, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    Tel : +886-4-23924504 ext 7152 (Alex C.H. Lee, ORCID: 0000-0002-0251-0931)
    Tel : +886-4-23924504 ext 7179 (Horng-Hwa Lu)

  • E-mail: alexchlee@ncut.edu.tw (Alex C.H. Lee), hhlu@ncut.e