A general route to the synthesis of surfactant-free, solvent-dispersible ternary and quaternary chalcogenide nanocrystals

Oana Zaberca (1) , Arnaud Gillorin (1) , Bernard Durand (1) , Jean-Yves Chane-Ching (1)

1 CIRIMAT - Centre interuniversitaire de recherche et d'ingenierie des matériaux

A general route to the synthesis of surfactant-free CuInS2 (CIS), Cu2CoSnS4 (CCTS) and Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanocrystals dispersible in low boiling point solvents is proposed. These nanocrystal inks should be of great interest to the fabrication of thin film absorbers of chalcogenide solar cells.

Mots clés: Cu2CoSnS4; CIS; CCTS; CZTS; Nanocrystals; Chalcogenide nanocrystals

Domaines: Matériaux

Oana Zaberca, Arnaud Gillorin, Bernard Durand, Jean-Yves Chane-Ching. A general route to the synthesis of surfactant-free, solvent-dispersible ternary and quaternary chalcogenide nanocrystals. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21 (18), pp.6483-6486. ⟨10.1039/C1JM10894H⟩. ⟨hal-03541527⟩