CuInxGa1-xS2 nanocrystals with tunable composition and band gap synthesized via a phosphine-free and scalable procedure

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3180-3187

  Dilena, Enrico ^a   Xie, Yi ^a   Brescia, Rosaria ^a   Prato, Mirko ^a   Maserati, Lorenzo ^a   Krahne, Roman ^a   Paolella, Andrea ^a   Bertoni, Giovanni ^a,b   Povia, Mauro ^a   Moreels, Iwan ^a   Manna, Liberato ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b IMEM CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

CIGS; covellite; large scale synthesis; nanocrystals; photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CIGS; COVELLITE; GRAM-SCALE SYNTHESIS; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; REACTION TEMPERATURE;

ENERGY GAP; INDIUM; LIGANDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84882269665     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm401563u     Document Type: Article

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