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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 53, Issue 11, Pages 5845-5851Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic500747x
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- United States Department of Energy [DE-FG02-07ER46427]
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The delafossite CuGaO2 is an important p-type transparent conducting oxide for both fundamental science and industrial applications. An emerging application is for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells. Obtaining delafossite CuGaO2 nanoparticles is challenging but desirable for efficient dye loading. In this work, the phase formation and crystal growth mechanism of delafossite CuGaO2 under low-temperature (<250 degrees C) hydrothermal conditions are systematically studied. The stabilization of Cu-I cations in aqueous solution and the controlling of the hydrolysis of Ga-III species are two crucial factors that determine the phase formation. The oriented attachment (OA) growth is proposed as the crystal growth mechanism to explain the formation of large CuGaO2 nanoplates. Importantly, by suppressing this OA process, delafossite CuGaO2 nanoparticles that are 20 nm in size were successfully synthesized for the first time. Moreover, considering the structural and chemical similarities between the Cu-based delafossite series compounds, the understanding of the hydrothermal chemistry and crystallization mechanism of CuGaO2 should also benefit syntheses of other similar delafossites such as CuAlO2 and CuScO2.
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