One-step solution-based synthesis and characterization of kuramite Cu3SnS4 nanocrystals

Xianzhong Lin; Alexander Steigert; Martha Ch. Lux-Steiner; Ahmed Ennaoui

doi:10.1039/C2RA21777E

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One-step solution-based synthesis and characterization of kuramite Cu₃SnS₄ nanocrystals†

Xianzhong Lin,*^a Alexander Steigert,^a Martha Ch. Lux-Steiner^a and Ahmed Ennaoui*^a

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Abstract

Kuramite Cu₃SnS₄ nanocrystals with tetragonal structure have been synthesized by a simple one-step solution-based process and characterized in detail by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The nanocrystals show an optical band gap of 1.43 eV as estimated from the UV-vis-NIR spectrum.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA21777E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Aug 2012
Accepted: 29 Aug 2012
First published: 31 Aug 2012

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RSC Adv., 2012,2, 9798-9800

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One-step solution-based synthesis and characterization of kuramite Cu₃SnS₄ nanocrystals

X. Lin, A. Steigert, M. Ch. Lux-Steiner and A. Ennaoui, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 9798 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21777E

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