Colloidal Cu2ZnSn(SSe)4 (CZTSSe) Nanocrystals: Shape and Crystal Phase Control to Form Dots, Arrows, Ellipsoids, and Rods

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 4742-4748

  Singh, Shalini ^a   Liu, Pai ^a   Singh, Ajay ^a,b   Coughlan, Claudia ^a   Wang, Jianjun ^a,c   Lusi, Matteo ^a   Ryan, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

CRYSTAL PHASE CONTROL; KEY CONTROL; SHAPE CONTROL; SHAPE EVOLUTION; SINGLE PHASE; SYNTHETIC CONTROL; ZINC BLENDE; ZINC BLENDE PHASIS;

CONTROL RODS;

EID: 84937057155     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01399     Document Type: Article

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