Facile synthesis and post-processing of eco-friendly, highly conductive copper zinc tin sulphide nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ahmad, Rameez ^a   Distaso, Monica ^a   Azimi, Hamed ^a   Brabec, Christoph J ^a,b   Peukert, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

By products; Defects; Kesterite; Raman spectroscopy; Stannite CZTS nanoparticles; Thermodynamic study

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEFECTS; ENERGY HARVESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CONDUCTIVE COPPER; FACILE SYNTHESIS; INERT ATMOSPHERES; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KESTERITES; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; STATE OF THE ART; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COPPER; COPPER ZINC TIN SUFIDE NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL OXIDE; NANOFILM; NITROGEN; SULFIDE; TIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SUSPENSION;

EID: 84881037343     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1886-9     Document Type: Article

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