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Enge2010 CISNCs YKKIMetal
Enge2010 CISNCs YKKIMetal
Enge2010 CISNCs YKKIMetal
by surface modification
Young-Kuk Kim, Young-Sang Cho, Kookchae Chung, Chul-Jin Choi
1Division
2. EXPERIMENTAL
Cu1-xInS2 NCs were prepared with the method
described in ref. 7 based on Cu(II) acetate, In(III)
acetate, 1-dodecanethiol (DDT) as precursors for Cu,
In, S. The amount of In(III) acetate and 1dodecanethiol (DDT) were fixed to 1mmol and 5ml (ca.
21mmol), respectively. The concentration of DDT
was intentionally maintained to be much larger than
indium and copper precursor to minimize formation of
CuxS.6 The amount of Cu(II) acetate was varied from
0.2mmol to 1mmol. Those precursors were dispersed in
30ml of 1-octadecene under inert atmosphere at room
temperature and subsequently heated to 240oC. After
reaction for 15 minutes, the solution was cooled to
room temperature.
To construct core-shell structure, 1mmol of zinc acetate
was added to the CuInS2-based core solution after
cooling to room temperature without purification and
separation of synthesized NCs. In some experiment, we
substitute cadmium acetate for small part of zinc
acetate maintaining total amount of metal acetate
constant to be 1mmol. For colloidal stability of NCs,
3mmol of palmitic acid mixed with 10ml of 1octadecene was also added to the solution.
Subsequently, the mixture was heated to 230oC under
inert N2 atmosphere and reacted without further
addition of precursors. The mixed solution became
uniform at above 120oC and further dwelling at 230oC
to enhance the luminescence. After refluxing for 5
hours, DDT with quantity equivalent to zinc acetate
was injected to the solution and maintained for an hour
to form ZnS shell at the same temperature. Aliquots
were taken at different time interval and rapidly cooled
Figure 1. Photoluminescence (PL) and (b) Raman spectra of Cu 1xInS2 nanocrystals prepared with different degree of copper
deficiency in the starting solutions. (c-d) TEM images of Cu1-xInS2
nanocrystals with different starting composition of x=0 and x=0.8,
respectively.
acid and defect control through highly offstoichiometric starting composition of precursor
solution. The best fluorescence quantum yield was 56%,
which was obtained from core shell nanocrystals
consisting of Cu-deficient core and ZnS shell formed
by prolonged refluxing with zinc acetate and palmitic
acid and subsequent injection of DDT. In addition,
formation of ZnS shell layer on CIS NCs change the
thermal dependence of the integrated PL intensity from
thermal quenching to thermal antiquenching with
increasing temperatures. In particular, formation of
thick shell by refluxing with zinc acetate and palmitic
acid resulted in the drastic change in thermal behavior
of PL intensity for CIS NCs.
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4. CONCLUSIONS
In conclusion, we have synthesized highly luminescent
CIS NCs by refluxing with zinc acetate and palmitic