A facile phosphine-free colloidal synthesis of Cu2SnS3 and Cu2ZnSnS4 nanorods with a controllable aspect ratio

Jian-Jun Wang; Pai Liu; Kevin M Ryan

doi:10.1039/c5cc04979b

A facile phosphine-free colloidal synthesis of Cu2SnS3 and Cu2ZnSnS4 nanorods with a controllable aspect ratio

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Sep 18;51(72):13810-3. doi: 10.1039/c5cc04979b. Epub 2015 Aug 3.

Authors

Jian-Jun Wang¹, Pai Liu, Kevin M Ryan

Affiliation

¹ Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI) and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. Kevin.M.ryan@ul.ie.

PMID: 26235602
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04979b

Abstract

Cu2SnS3 (CTS) nanorods were synthesized with a controllable aspect ratio via a facile phosphine-free colloidal synthesis. This synthesis can be readily extended to obtain Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanorods with tunable Zn content.