Structural and optical properties of Fe and Zn substituted CuInS2 nanoparticles synthesized by a one-pot facile method

Yaser Vahidshad; Muhammad Nawaz Tahir; Azam Iraji Zad; Seyed Mohammad Mirkazemi; Reza Ghazemzadeh; Wolfgang Tremel

doi:10.1039/c4tc02516d

Structural and optical properties of Fe and Zn substituted CuInS₂ nanoparticles synthesized by a one-pot facile method

Yaser Vahidshad, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Azam Iraji Zad^*, Seyed Mohammad Mirkazemi, Reza Ghazemzadeh, Wolfgang Tremel

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Abstract

We substitute indium present in the CuInS₂ ternary compound by iron and zinc using a facile one-pot synthesis method. The quaternary compound of CuIn_1-xM_xS₂ (M = Fe and Zn) was synthesized by dissolving CuCl, InCl₃, FeCl₃, Zn(ac)₂ and SC(NH₂)₂ as precursors in 1-octadecene, oleylamine and oleic acid as non-coordinating, coordinating and capping agent solvents, respectively. Oleic acid, oleylamine and thiourea were used respectively as a hard Lewis base, borderline Lewis base (in comparison with oleic acid) and soft Lewis base to form appropriate complexes. The complex formation, structure, and optical properties of CuIn_1-xM_xS₂ (M = Fe and Zn) nanoparticles were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and ultraviolet-visible-near infrared (UV-vis-NIR) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The absorption edge of solid solution samples can be tuned from 745 nm (visible) to 1200 nm (near infrared) by substitution of In³⁺ by Zn²⁺ and Fe³⁺, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	889-898
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc02516d
State	Published - 28 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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