Physical origins and suppression of Ag dissolution in GeS(x)-based ECM cells

Jan van den Hurk1, Ann-Christin Dippel, Deok-Yong Cho

  • 1Institut für Werkstoffe der Elektrotechnik II (IWE II) & JARA-FIT, RWTH Aachen University, Sommerfeldstr. 24, 52074 Aachen, Germany.

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