Erratum: Selective contacts drive charge extraction in quantum dot solids via asymmetry in carrier transfer kinetics (Nature Communications (2013) 4 (2272) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3272);Selective contacts drive charge extraction in quantum dot solids via asymmetry in carrier transfer kinetics

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mora Sero, Ivan ^a   Bertoluzzi, Luca ^a   Gonzalez Pedro, Victoria ^a   Gimenez, Sixto ^a   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^a   Kemp, Kyle W ^b   Sargent, Edward H ^b   Bisquert, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ASYMMETRY; COLLOID; ELECTRIC FIELD; FUEL CELL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION KINETICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ILLUMINATION; KINETICS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84883118673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3839     Document Type: Erratum

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