Ligand-controlled colloidal synthesis and electronic structure characterization of cubic iron pyrite (FeS2) nanocrystals

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1615-1620

  Lucas, J Matthew ^a   Tuan, Chia Chi ^b   Lounis, Sebastien D ^b   Britt, David K ^b   Qiao, Ruimin ^c   Yang, Wanli ^c   Lanzara, Alessandra ^b,c   Alivisatos, A Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

FeS2; iron pyrite; nanocrystal; photovoltaics; resonant inelastic X ray spectroscopy; X ray absorption

Indexed keywords

FES2; METAL OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTAL SYNTHESIS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PHOTOVOLTAIC ABSORBERS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLUTION PRECIPITATION; STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION;

CHELATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; IRON; LIGANDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYRITES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84877762527     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm304152b     Document Type: Article

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