Non-stoichiometric Cu–In–S@ZnS nanoparticles produced in aqueous solutions as light harvesters for liquid-junction photoelectrochemical solar cells

A. E. Raevskaya, Oksana Rosovik, Andriy V. Kozytskiy, Oleksandr Stroyuk, Volodymyr Dzhagan, Dietrich R. T. Zahn

RSC Advances · 2016 · 56 citations · 40 references

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A direct “green” aqueous synthesis of mercapto acetate-stabilized copper indium sulfide (CIS) nanoparticles (NPs) and core/shell CIS@ZnS NPs of a varied composition under ambient conditions and a temperature lower than 100 °C is reported.

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