Colloidal synthesis and functional properties of quaternary Cu-based semiconductors: Cu2HgGeSe4

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Li, Wenhua ^a   Ibáñez, Maria ^a   Cadavid, Doris ^a   Zamani, Reza R ^a,b   Rubio Garcia, Javier ^a   Gorsse, Stéphane ^c   Morante, Joan Ramon ^a,d   Arbiol, Jordi ^b,e   Cabot, Andreu ^a,e  

^a CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colloidal synthesis; Nanomaterials; Quaternary nanoparticles; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

BULK NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; GERMANIUM; MERCURY; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; COPPER BASED SEMICONDUCTOR; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84893806368     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2297-2     Document Type: Article

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