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Synthesis and Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Intermediate Band Gap Cu3VS4 Nanocrystals

Mantella, Valeria  
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Ninova, Silviya
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Saris, Seryio  
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January 22, 2019
Chemistry Of Materials

Intermediate band gap semiconductors are an underex-plored class of materials with unique optical properties of interest for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. Herein, we synthesize highly crystalline cubic Cu3VS4 nanocrystals with tunable edge length of 9, 12, and 18 nm. Because size control is achieved for the first time for this semiconductor, particular emphasis is laid on the structural/compositional analysis, the formation mechanism, and the size dependent optical properties. The corresponding UV-vis spectra reveal three absorption peaks in the visible range, resulting from the intermediate band gap electronic structure of Cu3VS4, which blue shift with decreasing size. Density functional theory reveals these size dependent optoelectronic properties to result mostly from weak quantum confinement. The reported results pave the way toward further fundamental investigations of the physicochemical properties of intermediate band gap semiconductors in the nanoscale regime for solar energy harvesting.

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DOI
10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04610
Web of Science ID

WOS:000456749800026

Author(s)
Mantella, Valeria  
Ninova, Silviya
Saris, Seryio  
Loiudice, Anna  
Aschauer, Ulrich  
Buonsanti, Raffaella  
Date Issued

2019-01-22

Published in
Chemistry Of Materials
Volume

31

Issue

2

Start page

532

End page

540

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry

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Materials Science

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semiconductor nanocrystals

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conversion

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sulvanite

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spectrum

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transformations

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nanoparticles

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efficiency

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prospects

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