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  • Inventi:eche/27/12
    A LARGE-SCALE SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF QUATERNARY CUINXGA1-XS2 CHALCOPYRITE NANOPARTICLES VIA MICROWAVE BATCH REACTIONS
    30-Jun-2012 Research 2012 : July - September
    Chivin Sun, Richard D Westover, Gary Long, Cyril Bajracharya, Jerry D Harris, \r\nAlex Punnoose, Rene G Rodriguez, Joshua J Pak

    Various quaternary CuInxGa1-xS2 (0 = x = 1) chalcopyrite nanoparticles have been prepared from molecular single-source\r\nprecursors via microwave decomposition. We were able to control the nanoparticle size, phase, stoichiometry, and solubility.\r\nDepending on the choice of surface modifiers used, we were able to tune the solubility of the resulting nanoparticles. This\r\nmethod has been used to generate up to 5 g of nanoparticles and up to 150 g from multiple batch reactions with excellent\r\nreproducibility. Data from UV-Vis, photoluminescence, X-ray diffraction, TEM, DSC/TGA-MS, and ICP-OES analyses have shown\r\nhigh reproducibility in nanoparticle size, composition, and bandgap.

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Chivin Sun, Richard D. Westover, Gary\r\nLong, et al., â??A Large-Scale Synthesis and Characterization of\r\nQuaternary CuInxGa1xS2 Chalcopyrite Nanoparticles via\r\nMicrowave Batch Reactions,â? International Journal of Chemical\r\nEngineering, vol. 2011, Article ID 545234, 8 pages, 2011.\r\ndoi:10.1155/2011/545234.
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