Fabrication and applications of copper sulfide (CuS) nanostructures

Electrodeposition of nanowires of a high copper content thiourea precursor of copper sulfide

“…24,25,28,29 Among these, synthetic routes based on dry single source precursors for copper and sulfur are of particular interest because they are cost effective, employ relatively low temperatures (80 to 200 C), and produce high quality uniform nanocrystals. [30][31][32][33][34] Hence, this low temperature synthesis of copper sulde from single-source precursors is particularly relevant e.g. during its incorporation and layer processing in exible thin lm solar cells.…”

“…during its incorporation and layer processing in exible thin lm solar cells. [30][31][32][33] Some studies have shown that the morphology of the resulting nanoparticles and their stoichiometry can be tuned not only by changing precursor concentration, 35 reaction time, 36 temperature 37 and anions, 38 but also by varying the morphology of the precursor material. 39 Jun et al reported that nanowire or nanocone shaped precursors can be utilized as a sacricial template to synthesize hierarchical structures of copper sulde in different shapes and sizes.…”

Double‐Pulse Electrodeposition of CuGaS2 Photovoltaic Thin Film

“…The diffraction peaks at 29.3°, 48.2°, and 56.9°2θ of all the samples are indexed to the (112), (204) and (312) reflection of the chalcopyrite CuGaS 2 crystal structure, according to the JCPDS card 75-0103. [22] Although the peaks attributed to the CuS binary compound (JCPDS: 6-464) [23] are more evident in the film which was deposited with long pulse at more negative potential, the presence of the impurities it is not quite conclusive. To best identify the presence of the impurities, other characterizations were performed.…”

Formation of copper sulfides on polypropylene matrix using various reducing agents

“…Depending on the stoichiometric composition, these copper sulfides can be insulators, semiconductors, conductors and superconductors [1,2]. Their unique properties determine promising applications in numerous fields, such as solar control coatings and photovoltaic devices, polarizers of infrared radiation [3], chemical sensors [4][5][6][7][8], optical filters [9][10][11], superionic materials [12][13][14][15][16], superconductors [17] and catalysts [18]. Due to their unique optical and electrical properties, they can also be applied in thin films and composite materials [19].…”