Bistability of hydrogen in ZnO: Origin of doping limit and persistent photoconductivity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nahm, Ho Hyun ^a,b,c,d   Park, C H ^a   Kim, Yong Sung ^d,e  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^e University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84894334046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04124     Document Type: Article

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