Microwave-assisted polyol synthesis of CuInTe2 and CuInSe2 nanoparticles

Haviv Grisaru; Oleg Palchik; Aharon Gedanken; Valery Palchik; Michael A Slifkin; Arie M Weiss

doi:10.1021/ic0342853

Microwave-assisted polyol synthesis of CuInTe2 and CuInSe2 nanoparticles

Inorg Chem. 2003 Nov 3;42(22):7148-55. doi: 10.1021/ic0342853.

Authors

Haviv Grisaru¹, Oleg Palchik, Aharon Gedanken, Valery Palchik, Michael A Slifkin, Arie M Weiss

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.

PMID: 14577783
DOI: 10.1021/ic0342853

Abstract

Nanoparticles of the CuInTe(2) (CIT) and CuInSe(2) (CIS) alloys have been prepared using the microwave-assisted polyol method. In this simple and quick reaction the polyol is both the solvent and the reducing agent. XRD studies show that nanoparticles of CIT and CIS are formed in the body-centered tetragonal structure and their average diameters are approximately 94 and approximately 83 nm, respectively. Electron microscopy studies show that these formed particles are poorly aggregated with a mean diameter of 100 and 85 nm, respectively. The products have been characterized by different analytical techniques, and the electronic properties have been measured using photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS).