Corrigendum: The dynamics of methylammonium ions in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells (Nature Communications (2015) 6:7124 DOI:10.1038/ncomms8124);The dynamics of methylammonium ions in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Leguy, Aurelien M A ^a   Frost, Jarvist Moore ^b   McMahon, Andrew P ^a   Sakai, Victoria Garcia ^c   Kochelmann, W ^c   Law, Chunhung ^a   Li, Xiaoe ^a   Foglia, Fabrizia ^a   Walsh, Aron ^b   O'Regan, Brian C ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a   Cabral, João T ^a   Barnes, Piers R F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOLYTE; METHYLAMMONIUM; PEROVSKITE;

FUEL CELL; ION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLAR POWER; TIMESCALE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; DIPOLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HYBRID ORGANIC INORGANIC PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROTATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84930675918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8780     Document Type: Erratum

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