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Advances in OptoElectronics
Volume 2013, Article ID 804646, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/804646
Research Article

Germanium Doping to Improve Carrier Mobility in CdO Films

A. A. Dakhel

Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Bahrain, P.O. Box 32038, Sakhir, Bahrain

Received 16 January 2013; Accepted 12 March 2013

Academic Editor: Jianguo Lu

Copyright © 2013 A. A. Dakhel. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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