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Copper‐Based Ternary and Quaternary Semiconductor Nanoplates: Templated Synthesis, Characterization, and Photoelectrochemical Properties
Author(s) -
Wu XueJun,
Huang Xiao,
Qi Xiaoying,
Li Hai,
Li Bing,
Zhang Hua
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201403655
Subject(s) - ternary operation , chalcogenide , materials science , semiconductor , substrate (aquarium) , fabrication , czts , nanotechnology , copper , characterization (materials science) , chemical engineering , kesterite , optoelectronics , thin film , metallurgy , computer science , medicine , oceanography , alternative medicine , pathology , programming language , geology , engineering
Two‐dimensional (2D) copper‐based ternary and quaternary semiconductors are promising building blocks for the construction of efficient solution‐processed photovoltaic devices at low cost. However, the facile synthesis of such 2D nanoplates with well‐defined shape and uniform size remains a challenge. Reported herein is a universal template‐mediated method for preparing copper‐based ternary and quaternary chalcogenide nanoplates, that is, CuInS 2 , CuIn x Ga 1− x S 2 , and Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 , by using a pre‐synthesized CuS nanoplate as the starting template. The various synthesized nanoplates are monophasic with uniform thickness and lateral size. As a proof of concept, the Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 nanoplates were immobilized on a Mo/glass substrate and used as semiconductor photoelectrode, thus showing stable photoelectrochemical response. The method is general and provides future opportunities for fabrication of cost‐effective photovoltaic devices based on 2D semiconductors.