[HTML][HTML] Microwave-assisted preparation of inorganic nanostructures in liquid phase

YJ Zhu, F Chen - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The heating effect of microwaves was accidentally discovered in 1945 by Percy LeBaron
Spencer, an American engineer and inventor, at the Raytheon Co. While working on radar …

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 …

A review on pulsed laser deposited CZTS thin films for solar cell applications

SA Vanalakar, GL Agawane, SW Shin… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cu 2 ZnSnS 4; commonly abbreviated as CZTS is a promising material for low cost thin film
solar cells, because of its suitable band gap energy of around 1.5 eV and large absorption …

Towards environmentally benign approaches for the synthesis of CZTSSe nanocrystals by a hot injection method: a status review

U Ghorpade, M Suryawanshi, SW Shin… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
With the earth's abundance of kesterite, recent progress in chalcogenide based Cu2ZnSn
(Sx, Se1− x) 4 (CZTSSe) thin films has drawn prime attention in thin film solar cells (TFSCs) …

Effect of Isovalent Substitution on the Thermoelectric Properties of the Cu2ZnGeSe4–xSx Series of Solid Solutions

CP Heinrich, TW Day, WG Zeier… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Knowledge of structure–property relationships is a key feature of materials design. The
control of thermal transport has proven to be crucial for the optimization of thermoelectric …

Quinary Nanocrystal‐Based Passivation Strategy for High Efficiency and Stable Perovskite Photovoltaics

T Ozturk, A Sarilmaz, S Akin, H Dursun, F Ozel… - Solar …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the rapid progress of perovskite materials in emerging perovskite photovoltaic
devices, they still suffer from the polycrystalline nature associated with grain boundaries …

Modulating temperature for Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) synthesis via hot injection method and studying the photocatalytic efficiencies for the degradation of rhodamine 6G …

VN Murillo, D Rajput, J Manriquez, E Bustos… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) was synthesized following hot injection method and the
process was optimized by varying temperature conditions. Four samples at different …

“Green” Aqueous Synthesis and Advanced Spectral Characterization of Size-Selected Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanocrystal Inks

O Stroyuk, A Raevskaya, O Selyshchev, V Dzhagan… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Structure, composition, and optical properties of colloidal mercaptoacetate-
stabilized Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanocrystal inks produced by a “green” method directly in …

Microwave assisted synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 colloidal nanoparticle inks

B Flynn, W Wang, C Chang… - physica status solidi (a …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanoparticle inks were synthesized for the first time by a one‐
pot synthesis method using microwave heating. Precursor solutions were mixed and reacted …

Multifunctional copper‐based quaternary chalcogenide semiconductors toward state‐of‐the‐art energy applications

P Kush, S Deka - ChemNanoMat, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cu‐based quaternary chalcogenide semiconductors have been attractive materials in many
aspects since the last decade. Most of the scientific literature about quaternary …