Template based precursor route for the synthesis of CuInSe₂ nanorod arrays for potential solar cell applications

• Mikhail Pashchanka,
• Jonas Bang,
• Niklas S. A. Gora,
• Ildiko Balog,
• Rudolf C. Hoffmann and
• Jörg J. Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 868–874, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.98

• indirectly confirmed the flexibility of the solution route in preparation of semiconductors with controlled elemental composition. We recently successfully demonstrated electroless deposition of molecular precursors (Cu- and In-oximato complexes and thiourea) into track-etched polycarbonate templates and the

• synthesis of stoichiometric ternary CuInS2 nanorod arrays [9]. In the present work, we extend our method to the photochemically even more active CuInSe2 material and demonstrate the synthesis of uniform polycrystalline CuInSe2 nanorod arrays. Selenourea was used as a Se source analogous to thiourea in our

Junction formation of Cu₃BiS₃ investigated by Kelvin probe force microscopy and surface photovoltage measurements

• Fredy Mesa,
• William Chamorro,
• William Vallejo,
• Robert Baier,
• Thomas Dittrich,
• Alexander Grimm,
• Martha C. Lux-Steiner and
• Sascha Sadewasser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 277–284, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.31

• solution containing thiourea (Scharlau) and cadmium chloride (CdCl2) (Merck) as sources of S2− and Cd2+, respectively. The thickness of the films was ~80 nm, as measured with a Veeco Dektak 150 surface profiler. For specific experimental conditions see [22]. ZnS films were grown by coevaporation of