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Engineering crystal phase of polytypic CuInS2 nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performance

He Li1, Wenjiang Li1( ), Wei Li1, Minfang Chen1, Rony Snyders2,3, Carla Bittencourt2, Zhihao Yuan1( )
Key Laboratory of Display Materials & Photoelectric Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
Chimie des Interactions Plasma-Surface, University of Mons (UMONS), 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium
Materia Nova Research Centre, 1 Avenue Nicolas Copernic, B 7000 Mons, Belgium
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Crystal phase engineering on CuInS2 (CIS) nanocrystals, especially polytypic structure, has become one of the research hotspots to design the advanced materials and devices for energy conversion and environment treatment. Here, the polytypic CIS nanosheets (NSs) including zincblende/wurtzite and chalcopyrite/wurtzite types were first time achieved in a hot-injection system using oleic acid and liquid paraffin as the reaction media. As-obtained polytypic CIS NSs exhibit significantly enhanced light-absorption ability and visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance originating from the rational hetero-crystalline interfaces and surface defect states, which efficiently inhibit the recombination of photo-generated carriers. Meanwhile, the polytypic CIS NSs were spin-coated onto the surface of fluorinated-tin oxide glass substrate and used as the photoelectrode, which shows an excellent photoelectrochemical (PEC) activity in aqueous solution. The present work not only provides a facile, rapid, low-cost, and environmental-friendly synthesis strategy to design the crystal phase and defect structure of ternary chalcogenides, but also demonstrates the relationships between the polytypic structure and photocatalytic/photoelectrochemical properties.

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CuInS2polytypicdefecthot injectionphotocatalyticphotoelectrochemical activity

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 2,
February 2020
Pages 583-590
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2665-4
Cite this article:
Li H, Li W, Li W, et al. Engineering crystal phase of polytypic CuInS2 nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performance. Nano Research, 2020, 13(2): 583-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2665-4
Topics:
Chromium compoundsCrystal structureCrystalsDefectsIndium compoundsLightLight absoptionNanocrystalline materials NanosheetsPhotocatalytic activity Photoelectrochemical cellsSubstratesSurface defectsTin oxidesZinc sulfide

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Received: 31 October 2019
Revised: 28 December 2019
Accepted: 18 January 2020
Published: 04 February 2020
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