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A nonenzymatic reduced graphene oxide-based nanosensor for parathion

  • Sarani Sen,
  • Anurag Roy,
  • Ambarish Sanyal and
  • Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 730–744, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.65

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  • nanoribbons doped with silver nanoparticles, rGO doped with ZrO2, and CuO–TiO2 hybrid nanocomposites were proposed to detect methyl parathion [19][20][21][22]. Rajaji et al. (2019) modified glassy carbon electrodes with graphene oxide encapsulated 3D porous chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) nanocomposites to detect
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Published 28 Jul 2022

CuInSe2 quantum dots grown by molecular beam epitaxy on amorphous SiO2 surfaces

  • Henrique Limborço,
  • Pedro M.P. Salomé,
  • Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade,
  • Jennifer P. Teixeira,
  • Nicoleta Nicoara,
  • Kamal Abderrafi,
  • Joaquim P. Leitão,
  • Juan C. Gonzalez and
  • Sascha Sadewasser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1103–1111, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.110

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  • with the average size of the nanodots. Keywords: copper indium gallium selenide (CuInSe2); quantum dots; Introduction The chalcopyrite compound Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) is used as the light absorber layer in thin film solar cells that typically consist of a glass substrate, a Mo back contact, the CIGS
  • performance of vacuum-prepared materials and non-vacuum-prepared materials is usually attributed to the sensitivity of the chalcopyrite semiconductor to external contaminants [29], to the dependency of its properties on the preparation method [30], and to the self-doping characteristics of the chalcopyrite
  • evaporated in excess of 30 times, as it is typical for chalcopyrite materials [32][33][34]. All samples presented in this work were deposited for a period of 5 min and with a substrate rotation of 10 rpm, to improve the homogeneity of the samples. Under these conditions a nominal CIS growth rate of 6 ± 1 Å
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Published 22 May 2019

Renewable energy conversion using nano- and microstructured materials

  • Harry Mönig and
  • Martina Schmid

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 771–773, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.76

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  • : materials and devices” covers the photo-electrochemical growth of platinum catalysts at plasmonic hot spots [6], the laser-assisted local growth of chalcopyrite absorbers [4], the preferential reactive ion etching of silicon by morphological anisotropies [5], the oxidation of copper nanoparticles resulting
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Published 26 Mar 2019

Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics

  • Franziska Ringleb,
  • Stefan Andree,
  • Berit Heidmann,
  • Jörn Bonse,
  • Katharina Eylers,
  • Owen Ernst,
  • Torsten Boeck,
  • Martina Schmid and
  • Jörg Krüger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 3025–3038, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.281

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  • transfer. Additionally, a procedure for processing these microabsorbers to functioning micro solar cells connected in parallel is demonstrated. The resulting cells show up to 2.9% efficiency and a significant efficiency enhancement under concentrated illumination. Keywords: chalcopyrite; femtosecond laser
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Published 12 Dec 2018

ZnO nanoparticles sensitized by CuInZnxS2+x quantum dots as highly efficient solar light driven photocatalysts

  • Florian Donat,
  • Serge Corbel,
  • Halima Alem,
  • Steve Pontvianne,
  • Lavinia Balan,
  • Ghouti Medjahdi and
  • Raphaël Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1080–1093, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.110

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  • ) and (116)/(312) planes of the tetragonal chalcopyrite-like structure of CIS (Roquesite, JCPDS No 47-1372). For ZnO, the peaks at 2Θ values of 31.79, 34.46, 36.29, 47.56, 56.62, 62.87, 66.41, 67.95 and 69.09° correspond to the (100), (002), (101), (102), (110), (103), (200), (112) and (201) crystal
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Published 17 May 2017

An insight into the mechanism of charge-transfer of hybrid polymer:ternary/quaternary chalcopyrite colloidal nanocrystals

  • Parul Chawla,
  • Son Singh and
  • Shailesh Narain Sharma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1235–1244, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.137

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  • surface of ternary/quaternary (CISe/CIGSe/CZTSe) chalcopyrite nanocrystallites passivated by tri-n-octylphosphine-oxide (TOPO) and tri-n-octylphosphine (TOP) and compared their charge transfer characteristics in the respective polymer: chalcopyrite nanocomposites by dispersing them in poly(3
  • donor and the charge separation mechanism across the donor–acceptor interface from the extent of crystallinity of the chalcopyrite semiconductors (CISe/CIGSe/CZTSe). Quaternary CZTSe chalcopyrites with their high crystallinity and controlled morphology in conjunction with regioregular P3HT polymer is an
  • this class of materials with polymers such as high absorption coefficient (~105 cm−1), high reproducibility, high efficiencies and good stability [8][9][10] in comparison to the other inorganic–organic nanocomposites based devices. The superior characteristic properties of chalcopyrite based
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Published 08 Aug 2014

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

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  • that are based on the chalcopyrite compound CuInSe2 (CISe) have been intensively studied [1]. The basic advantages of CuInSe2 as a light absorbing material are its high photovoltaic efficiency and the stability of its properties over time. Apparently, the conversion efficiency can be improved by the
  • precursor solution route does not employ the highly toxic gaseous hydrogen selenide as a Se-source. However, suitable precursors are not always available for a desired functional material, but nevertheless there are already several reports on different single source molecular precursors for chalcopyrite
  • structural properties can be thus obtained. The most intensive peak at 172 cm−1 results from the Γ1 chalcopyrite phonon mode (selenium anion vibration) [24]. This signal is commonly observed in CuInSe2 thin films and nanoparticles, and its intensity is associated with the crystalline quality [25][26][27]. A
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Published 10 Dec 2013

Synthesis of indium oxi-sulfide films by atomic layer deposition: The essential role of plasma enhancement

  • Cathy Bugot,
  • Nathanaëlle Schneider,
  • Daniel Lincot and
  • Frédérique Donsanti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 750–757, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.85

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  • tuned. Keywords: atomic layer deposition; buffer layer; indium oxi-sulfide; plasma enhancement; thin film solar cells; Introduction Chalcopyrite-type thin film solar cells that are based on a Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) absorber have reached high efficiencies, up to 20.3% [1] in 2011 and 20.4% [2] on flexible
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Published 13 Nov 2013
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