Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals, focusing on nontoxic and earth-abundant materials

P Reiss, M Carriere, C Lincheneau, L Vaure… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We review the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals/colloidal quantum dots in organic
solvents with special emphasis on earth-abundant and toxic heavy metal free compounds …

Full Printable Processed Mesoscopic CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 Heterojunction Solar Cells with Carbon Counter Electrode

Z Ku, Y Rong, M Xu, T Liu, H Han - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
A mesoscopic methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite/TiO2 heterojunction
solar cell is developed with low-cost carbon counter electrode (CE) and full printable …

Prospects of nanoscience with nanocrystals

MV Kovalenko, L Manna, A Cabot, Z Hens… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs, ie, crystalline nanoparticles) have become an important class
of materials with great potential for applications ranging from medicine to electronic and …

Ternary and quaternary metal chalcogenide nanocrystals: synthesis, properties and applications

D Aldakov, A Lefrançois, P Reiss - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We review the field of multinary metal chalcogenide nanocrystals, which has gained strongly
increasing interest in the quest for novel narrow band gap semiconductors. Small (2–4 nm) …

Self-assembly and applications of anisotropic nanomaterials: A review

K Thorkelsson, P Bai, T Xu - Nano Today, 2015 - Elsevier
Anisotropic nanoparticles are ideal building blocks for a variety of functional materials due to
their unique and anisotropic optical, electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties …

Solar light harvesting with multinary metal chalcogenide nanocrystals

O Stroyuk, A Raevskaya, N Gaponik - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The paper reviews the state of the art in the synthesis of multinary (ternary, quaternary and
more complex) metal chalcogenide nanocrystals (NCs) and their applications as a light …

Cu2ZnSnS4-Pt and Cu2ZnSnS4-Au Heterostructured Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Pollutant Degradation

X Yu, A Shavel, X An, Z Luo, M Ibáñez… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cu2ZnSnS4, based on abundant and environmental friendly elements and with a direct
band gap of 1.5 eV, is a main candidate material for solar energy conversion through both …

Defect Engineering in Earth‐Abundant Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Photovoltaic Materials via Ga3+‐Do** for over 12% Efficient Solar Cells

Y Du, S Wang, Q Tian, Y Zhao, X Chang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The efficiency of earth‐abundant Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells is considerably
lower than the Shockley–Queisser limit. One of the main reasons for this is the presence of …

CZTS nanocrystals: a promising approach for next generation thin film photovoltaics

H Zhou, WC Hsu, HS Duan, B Bob, W Yang… - Energy & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) has received considerable attention as a material capable of
driving the development of low-cost and high performance photovoltaics. Its high absorption …