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From Bare Metal Powders to Colloidally Stable TCO Dispersions and Transparent Nanoporous Conducting Metal Oxide Thin Films

  1. Engelbert Redel1,
  2. Chen Huai1,
  3. Ömer Dag2,
  4. Srebri Petrov1,
  5. Paul G. O'Brien1,
  6. Michael G. Helander3,
  7. Jacek Mlynarski1,
  8. Geoffrey A. Ozin1,*

Article first published online: 4 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201200864

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Volume 8, Issue 24, pages 3806–3809, December 21, 2012

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Redel, E., Huai, C., Dag, Ö., Petrov, S., O'Brien, P. G., Helander, M. G., Mlynarski, J. and Ozin, G. A. (2012), From Bare Metal Powders to Colloidally Stable TCO Dispersions and Transparent Nanoporous Conducting Metal Oxide Thin Films. Small, 8: 3806–3809. doi: 10.1002/smll.201200864

Author Information

  1. 1

    Lash Miller Chemistry Department, University of Toronto, Centre for Inorganic and Polymeric Nanomaterials, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey

  3. 3

    Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E4, Canada

*Lash Miller Chemistry Department, University of Toronto, Centre for Inorganic and Polymeric Nanomaterials, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 4 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 22 APR 2012

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Keywords:

  • metal oxides;
  • metal powders;
  • transparent conducting oxides;
  • nanoparticles;
  • thin films
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A simple, green, robust, widely applicable, multi-gram and cost-effective ‘one-pot’ synthesis of aqueous dispersions of colloidally stable 3–6 nm TCO NPs using bare metal powder precursors is described, and their utilization for making TCO high surface area nanoporous films is also demonstrated, which speaks well for their usage in a wide range of possible processes and devices.

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