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Synthesis of CuInTe 2 nanowires: A polycrystalline‐to‐single‐crystalline transformation process
Author(s) -
Shi Liang,
Wan Songming,
Ding Jia
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.15809
Subject(s) - nanowire , crystallite , materials science , microstructure , absorption (acoustics) , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , anodic aluminum oxide , absorption spectroscopy , single crystal , crystallography , optics , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , fabrication , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , engineering
A facile solvothermal synthetic route has been developed to prepare CuInTe 2 nanowires with the template aiding of anodic aluminum oxide. Microstructure analysis reveals that the as‐prepared single crystalline CuInTe 2 nanowires have a [112] direction preferential growth. Oriented attachment mechanism has been proposed to explain the anisotropic growth of CuInTe 2 nanowires during a polycrystalline‐to‐single‐crystalline transformation process. CuInTe 2 nanowires have strong absorption in the visible region based on UV‐Vis absorption spectra measurement, confirming its suitability as a light absorbing material in solar cells.