Composition-and band-gap-tunable synthesis of wurtzite-derived Cu 2ZnSn(S1-xSex)4 nanocrystals: Theoretical and experimental insights

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1454-1463

  Fan, Feng Jia ^a   Wu, Liang ^a   Gong, Ming ^a   Liu, Guangyao ^b   Wang, Yi Xiu ^a   Yu, Shu Hong ^a   Chen, Shiyou ^c   Wang, Lin Wang ^d   Gong, Xin Gao ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alloy; band gap; Cu2ZnSn(S1 xSex)4; Cu2ZnSnS4; Cu2ZnSnSe4; miscibility; nanocrystal; wurtzite

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ALLOY NANOCRYSTALS; COMPOSITION PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; SYNTHETIC PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TUNABLE BAND-GAP; WURTZITES;

ALLOYS; CALCULATIONS; CERIUM ALLOYS; ENERGY GAP; NANOCRYSTALS; SOLUBILITY; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 84874448148     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3052296     Document Type: Article

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