Erratum: GaAs nanopillar-array solar cells employing in situ surface passivation (Nature Communications (2013) 4:1497 Doi: 10.1038/ncomms2509);GaAs nanopillar-array solar cells employing in situ surface passivation

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mariani, Giacomo ^a   Scofield, Adam C ^a   Hung, Chung Hong ^a   Huffaker, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NANOPILLAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ALLOY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUEL CELL; INDIUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TITANIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT; SIMULATION; SOLAR CELL;

EID: 84874609363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3026     Document Type: Erratum

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