%0 Journal Article
%T CuGaS2 and CuGaS2¨CZnS Porous Layers from Solution-Processed Nanocrystals
%A Andreu Cabot
%A Francesca Peir¨®
%A Jordi Llorca
%A Pablo Guardia
%A Stephanie L. Brock
%A S¨°nia Estrad¨¦
%A Taisiia Berestok
%J Archive of "Nanomaterials".
%D 2018
%R 10.3390/nano8040220
%X The manufacturing of semiconducting films using solution-based approaches is considered a low cost alternative to vacuum-based thin film deposition strategies. An additional advantage of solution processing methods is the possibility to control the layer nano/microstructure. Here, we detail the production of mesoporous CuGaS2 (CGS) and ZnS layers from spin-coating and subsequent cross-linking through chalcogen-chalcogen bonds of properly functionalized nanocrystals (NCs). We further produce NC-based porous CGS/ZnS bilayers and NC-based CGS¨CZnS composite layers using the same strategy. Photoelectrochemical measurements are used to demonstrate the efficacy of porous layers, and particularly the CGS/ZnS bilayers, for improved current densities and photoresponses relative to denser films deposited from as-produced NCs
%K aerogel
%K xerogel
%K porous layer
%K CuGaS2/ZnS
%K photoresponse
%K nanomaterial
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5923550/