Alloyed semiconductor nanocrystals with broad tunable band gaps

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jul 28:(28):4221-3. doi: 10.1039/b905151a. Epub 2009 Jun 9.

Abstract

Nearly monodisperse alloyed (CuInS2)x(ZnS)1-x nanocrystals with cubic and hexagonal phases were successfully synthesized for the first time, and the band gaps of these alloyed nanocrystals can be tuned in the broad range of 1.5 to 3.7 eV by changing the ratio of CuInS2 to ZnS.