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Ariadna Carreté I Mestre
Public procurement officer
ariadna.carrete(ELIMINAR)@icn2.cat
Technical Management Support Area
Publications
2016
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Scalable Heating-Up Synthesis of Monodisperse Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanocrystals
Shavel A., Ibáñez M., Luo Z., De Roo J., Carrete A., Dimitrievska M., Gencì A., Meyns M., Pérez-Rodríguez A., Kovalenko M.V., Arbiol J., Cabot A. Chemistry of Materials; 28 (3): 720 - 726. 2016. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03417. IF: 9.407
Monodisperse Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanocrystals (NCs), with quasi-spherical shape, were prepared by a facile, high-yield, scalable, and high-concentration heat-up procedure. The key parameters to minimize the NC size distribution were efficient mixing and heat transfer in the reaction mixture through intensive argon bubbling and improved control of the heating ramp stability. Optimized synthetic conditions allowed the production of several grams of highly monodisperse CZTS NCs per batch, with up to 5 wt % concentration in a crude solution and a yield above 90%. © 2016 American Chemical Society.