CuInTe2 Nanocrystals: Shape and Size Control, Formation Mechanism and Application, and Use as Photovoltaics

Guanwei Jia; Baokun Liu; Kun Wang; Chengduo Wang; Peixu Yang; Jinhui Liu; Weidong Zhang; Rongbin Li; Shaojun Zhang; Jiang Du

doi:10.3390/nano9030409

Nanomaterials (Mar 2019)

CuInTe2 Nanocrystals: Shape and Size Control, Formation Mechanism and Application, and Use as Photovoltaics

Guanwei Jia,
Baokun Liu,
Kun Wang,
Chengduo Wang,
Peixu Yang,
Jinhui Liu,
Weidong Zhang,
Rongbin Li,
Shaojun Zhang,
Jiang Du

Affiliations

Guanwei Jia: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Baokun Liu: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Kun Wang: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Chengduo Wang: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Peixu Yang: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Jinhui Liu: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Weidong Zhang: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Rongbin Li: School of metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Shaojun Zhang: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Jiang Du: Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9030409
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 3
p. 409

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We report on the synthesis of CuInTe2 nanoparticles and their function in photovoltaic equipment, such as solar cells. Under certain synthesis conditions, the CuInTe2 nanocrystals form shape with nanocrystals, nanorods or nanocubes. It was found that CuTe nanocrystals could be converted to CuInTe2 by addition of an In reactant. CuInTe2 nanorods were synthesized using this method.

Published in Nanomaterials

ISSN: 2079-4991 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials

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