Phase selective synthesis of metastable orthorhombic Cu2ZnSnS4

Phase-transition-driven growth of compound semiconductor crystals from ordered metastable nanorods

“…1a for a larger angle range). In the literature nanocrystals with orthorhombic wurtz-stannite and pseudo-orthorhombic wurtz-kesterite structures are reported [27][28][29][30][31] which produce similar diffraction signals due to a similar hexagonal anion sublattice, but differ in the ordering of the cations [30]. In our measurements, additional reflexes that indicate presence of wurtz-stannite or wurtz-kesterite instead of hexagonal wurtzite structure are not observed.…”

Green synthesis of wurtzite copper zinc tin sulfide nanocones for improved solar photovoltaic utilization

“…Thus, the formation of metastable phases can be induced by proper selection of surfactants. CZTS nanocrystals having wurtzite (WZ) phase has also been synthesized by various methods such as noninjection (Regulacio et al 2012), hot-injection (Singh et al 2012) and hydrothermal method (Jiang et al 2012). These processes require inert gas protection (nitrogen or argon), stepwise heating and relatively high temperature.…”

The synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films from melt reactions using xanthate precursors

“…(020) and (211) ? (021) lattice planes, respectively [60]. This splitting is not observed in our p-XRD pattern, nor is it seen in the selected area electron diffraction (SAED, Fig.…”