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Erschienen in: Journal of Nanoparticle Research 3/2014

01.03.2014 | Brief Communication

Colloidal synthesis and functional properties of quaternary Cu-based semiconductors: Cu2HgGeSe4

verfasst von: Wenhua Li, Maria Ibáñez, Doris Cadavid, Reza R. Zamani, Javier Rubio-Garcia, Stéphane Gorsse, Joan Ramon Morante, Jordi Arbiol, Andreu Cabot

Erschienen in: Journal of Nanoparticle Research | Ausgabe 3/2014

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Abstract

Herein, a colloidal synthetic route to produce highly monodisperse Cu2HgGeSe4 (CHGSe) nanoparticles (NPs) is presented in detail. The high yield of the developed procedure allowed the production of CHGSe NPs at the gram scale. A thorough analysis of their structural and optical properties is shown. CHGSe NPs displayed poly-tetrahedral morphology and narrow size distributions with average size in the range of 10–40 nm and size dispersions below 10 %. A 1.6 eV optical band gap was measured by mean of UV–Vis. By adjusting the cation ratio, an effective control of their electrical conductivity is achieved. The prepared NPs are used as building blocks for the production of CHGSe bulk nanostructured materials. The thermoelectric properties of CHGSe nanomaterials are studied in the temperature range from 300 to 730 K. CHGSe nanomaterials reached electrical conductivities up to 5 × 104 S m−1, Seebeck coefficients above 100 μV K−1, and thermal conductivities below 1.0 W m−1 K−1 which translated into thermoelectric figures of merit up to 0.34 at 730 K.

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Metadaten
Titel
Colloidal synthesis and functional properties of quaternary Cu-based semiconductors: Cu2HgGeSe4
verfasst von
Wenhua Li
Maria Ibáñez
Doris Cadavid
Reza R. Zamani
Javier Rubio-Garcia
Stéphane Gorsse
Joan Ramon Morante
Jordi Arbiol
Andreu Cabot
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2014
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Journal of Nanoparticle Research / Ausgabe 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1388-0764
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-896X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2297-2

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