title: Facile one-pot synthesis of polytypic CuGaS2 nanoplates.
abstract: CuGaS2 (CGS) nanoplates were successfully synthesized by one-pot thermolysis of a mixture solution of CuCl, GaCl3, and 1-dodecanethiol in noncoordinating solvent 1-octadecene. Their morphology, crystalline phase, and composition were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. Crystalline structure analysis showed that the as-prepared CGS nanoplates were polytypic, in which the wurtzite phase was interfaced with zincblende domains. The growth process of CGS nanoplates was investigated. It was found that copper sulfide nanoplates were firstly formed and then the as-formed copper sulfide nanoplates gradually transformed to CGS nanoplates with proceeding of the reaction. The optical absorption of the as-synthesized CGS nanoplates was also measured and the direct optical bandgap was determined to be 2.24 eV.
authors: Zhongping
authors: Z
authors: Liu
authors: Qiaoyan
authors: Q
authors: Hao
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Tang
authors: Linlin
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale; Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China. kbtang@ustc.edu.cn.
authors: Kaibin
authors: K
authors: Tang