Hydrogen Generation using non-polar coaxial InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Well Structure Formed on Hollow n-GaN Nanowires

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Park, Ji Hyeon ^a   Mandal, Arjun ^a   Kang, San ^a   Chatterjee, Uddipta ^a   Kim, Jin Soo ^a   Park, Byung Guon ^b   Kim, Moon Deock ^b   Jeong, Kwang Un ^a   Lee, Cheul Ro ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84984620302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31996     Document Type: Article

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