Journal article
Stable Aqueous Wurtzite Kesterite Suspensions by Direct Precipitation with Capping Molecules
Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, v 17(3), pp 2185-2190
01 Mar 2017
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Well-dispersed suspensions of wurtzite kesterite (CZTS) nanocrystals were successfully prepared by direct precipitation in an aqueous solution at relatively low temperature with short reaction time. 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) helped form the wurtzite phase and stabilize the clear
suspension for more than a week. XRD and EDX analyses confirmed the chemical structure of the obtained wurtzite CZTS. The band gap (1.5-2.1 eV) and the particle size (13-20 nm) could be adjusted by synthesizing temperature. The conductivity of CZTS pellet was enhanced under light
illumination indicating the wurtzite CZTS nanocrystals produced by this method has a promising application in photovoltaic devices.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Stable Aqueous Wurtzite Kesterite Suspensions by Direct Precipitation with Capping Molecules
- Creators
- Kannaporn Pooput - School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United StatesCheng-Hsin Lu - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United StatesWan Y Shih - Drexel UniversityWei-Heng Shih - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, v 17(3), pp 2185-2190
- Publisher
- American Scientific Publishers
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000397126500091
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85009951491
- Other Identifier
- 991019167441404721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Physics, Applied
- Physics, Condensed Matter