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Structural and optical properties of Fe and Zn substituted CuInS2 nanoparticles synthesized by a one-pot facile method

Vahidshad, Y ; Sharif University of Technology | 2015

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1039/c4tc02516d
  3. Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry , 2015
  4. Abstract:
  5. We substitute indium present in the CuInS2 ternary compound by iron and zinc using a facile one-pot synthesis method. The quaternary compound of CuIn1-xMxS2 (M = Fe and Zn) was synthesized by dissolving CuCl, InCl3, FeCl3, Zn(ac)2 and SC(NH2)2 as precursors in 1-octadecene, oleylamine and oleic acid as non-coordinating, coordinating and capping agent solvents, respectively. Oleic acid, oleylamine and thiourea were used respectively as a hard Lewis base, borderline Lewis base (in comparison with oleic acid) and soft Lewis base to form appropriate complexes. The complex formation, structure, and optical properties of CuIn1-xMxS2 (M = Fe and Zn) nanoparticles were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and ultraviolet-visible-near infrared (UV-vis-NIR) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The absorption edge of solid solution samples can be tuned from 745 nm (visible) to 1200 nm (near infrared) by substitution of In3+ by Zn2+ and Fe3+, respectively
  6. Keywords:
  7. Complexation ; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ; High resolution transmission electron microscopy ; Indium ; Infrared devices ; Nanoparticles ; Oleic acid ; Optical properties ; Photoelectron spectroscopy ; Photoluminescence spectroscopy ; Synthesis (chemical) ; Transmission electron microscopy ; X ray diffraction ; Zinc ; Absorption edges ; Complex formations ; One-pot synthesis ; Quaternary compound ; Structural and optical properties ; Ternary compounds ; Visible near-infrared ; X ray photoemission spectroscopy ; Iron compounds
  8. Source: Journal of Materials Chemistry C ; Volume 3, Issue 4 , Nov , 2015 , Pages 889-898 ; 20507534 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2015/TC/C4TC02516D#!divAbstract