Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009-03-11

Synthesis of CuInSe(2) nanocrystals with trigonal pyramidal shape.

Bonil Koo, Reken N Patel, Brian A Korgel

Index: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131(9) , 3134-5, (2009)

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Abstract

The synthesis of monodisperse chalcopyrite (tetragonal) CuInSe(2) nanocrystals is reported. The nanocrystals have trigonal pyramidal shape, and they exhibited a common crystallographic orientation when drop-cast onto carbon substrates. A crystallographic model for the nanocrystals was developed. The nanocrystals are bounded by one polar {112} surface facet and three nonpolar {114} surface facets.