Erratum: Polyethylenimine-Assisted Growth of High-Aspect-Ratio Nitrogen-Doped ZnO (NZO) Nanorod Arrays and Their Effect on Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2014) 6:13 (10028-10043) DOI: 10.1021/am500105x);Polyethylenimine-Assisted growth of high-Aspect-ratio nitrogen-doped ZnO (NZO) nanorod arrays and their effect on performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 10028-10043

  Mahmood, Khalid ^a   Swain, Bhabani Sankar ^a   Han, Gill Sang ^a   Kim, Byeong Jo ^a   Jung, Hyun Suk ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aspect ratio; doping; dye sensitized solar cell; hydrothermal crystal growth; polyethylenimine; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; TIN OXIDES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

DIFFERENT PRECURSORS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HYDROTHERMAL CRYSTAL GROWTH; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; POLYETHYLENIMINES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84904092428     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11842     Document Type: Erratum

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