Facile Synthesis of Colloidal CuO Nanocrystals for Light-Harvesting Applications

CuO is an earth-abundant, nontoxic, and low band-gap material; hence it is an attractive candidate for application in solar cells. In this paper, a synthesis of CuO nanocrystals by a facile alcohothermal route is reported. The nanocrystals are dispersible in a solvent mixture of methanol and chlorof...

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Main Authors: Yee-Fun Lim, Joshua J. Choi, Tobias Hanrath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/393160