On Tailoring Co-Precipitation Synthesis to Maximize Production Yield of Nanocrystalline Wurtzite ZnS.

ABSTRACT: Pyroelectric materials can harvest energy from naturally occurring ambient temperature changes, as well as from artificial temperature changes, notably from industrial activity. Wurtzite- based materials have the advantage of being cheap, non-toxic, and offering excellent opto-electrical properties. Due to their non-centrosymmetric nature, all wurtzite crystals have both piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties. Nanocrystalline wurtzite ZnS, being a room temperature stable material, by contrast to its bulk counterpart, is interesting due to its still not well-explored potential in piezoelectric and pyroelectric energy harvesting. An easy synthesis method-a co-precipitation technique-was selected and successfully tailored for nanocrystalline wurtzite ZnS production. ZnS nanopowder with nan

SUBMITTER: Krsmanovic Whiffen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8000966 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature