A library of polytypic copper-based quaternary sulfide nanocrystals enables efficient solar-to-hydrogen conversion

Liang Wu; Qian Wang; Tao-Tao Zhuang; Guo-Zhen Zhang; Yi Li; Hui-Hui Li; Feng-Jia Fan; Shu-Hong Yu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33065-7

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

A library of polytypic copper-based quaternary sulfide nanocrystals enables efficient solar-to-hydrogen conversion

Liang Wu,
Qian Wang,
Tao-Tao Zhuang,
Guo-Zhen Zhang,
Yi Li,
Hui-Hui Li,
Feng-Jia Fan,
Shu-Hong Yu

Affiliations

Liang Wu: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China
Qian Wang: Department of Chemical Physics, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Tao-Tao Zhuang: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China
Guo-Zhen Zhang: Department of Chemical Physics, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Yi Li: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China
Hui-Hui Li: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China
Feng-Jia Fan: CAS Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance and Department of Modern Physics, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Shu-Hong Yu: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33065-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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While polytypic semiconductors are promising for solar-to-fuel applications, preparing homojunction nanomaterials has proven challenging. Here, authors obtain a library of polytypic copper-based quaternary sulfide nanocrystals by selective epitaxial growth of kesterite phase on wurtzite structure.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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