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Muhammad Ikram1 \*, Ali Raza<sup>2</sup> , Jahan Zeb Hassan<sup>2</sup> , Arslan Ahmed Rafi2 , Asma Rafiq1 , Shehnila Altaf<sup>3</sup> and Atif Ashfaq1

1 Solar Cell Applications Research Lab, Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

2 Department of Physics, Riphah Institute of Computing and Applied Sciences (RICAS), Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan

3 Department of Chemistry, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

\*Address all correspondence to: dr.muhammadikram@gcu.edu.pk

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