The influence of microwave heating on the leaching kinetics of chalcopyrite and sphalerite has been investigated. Chalcopyrite is inert to many leaching agents, especially ferric ion media. This mineral is considered to be one of the largest sources of copper, in terms of the scale of availability, and copper is usually extracted by pyrometallurgical processes. However, there has recently been ...

In general, the growth of I-Ill-Vlz and If-1V-V2 chalcopyrite-type crystals of suitable quality for device applications has been difficult. In some cases, the problem lies in not being able to produce large single crystal specimens, while in others the quality of the crystal is not adequate for the purposes intended. Techniques for both material synthesis and crystal growth of chalcopyrite comp...

Normal pressure modifications and tentative high-pressure phases of the nitridosilicates MSiN2 with M = Be, Mg, or Ca have been thoroughly studied by density functional methods. At ambient pressure, BeSiN2 and MgSiN2 exhibit an ordered wurtzite variant derived from idealized filled β-cristobalite by a C1-type distortion. At ambient pressure, the structure of CaSiN2 can also be derived from idea...

The electronic, vibrational and thermoelectric transport characteristics of AgInTe2 and AgGaTe2 with chalcopyrite structure have been investigated. The electronic structures are calculated using the density-functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof functional considering the Hubbard-U exchange correlation. The band-gaps of AgInTe2 and AgGaTe...

Sulfide minerals contain sulphur in a large variety of coordination environments. Consequently, the S 2p XPS of various mineral surface states undergo different shifts in binding energy (BE) relative to the bulk, depending on the charge distribution on the surface. This in turn depends on the number, type and position of the atoms on the fracture surface, which is determined by the fracture mec...

in this research work, the dissolution of chalcopyrite was investigated under atmospheric pressure, with sulfate media at low temperatures, in 30°c to 50°c. in the galvanic interaction between chalcopyrite and pyrite, pyrite is used as a leaching catalyst. effects of different parameters such as temperature, stirring speed, pyrite to chalcopyrite ratio, particle size, and solution potential wer...

Non-layered chalcopyrite-type CuInSe(2) nanoplatelets, with thickness down to 2 nm, have been synthesized for the first time. The ultrathin nanoplatelets are of benefit for low-cost and high performance flexible photodetectors.

Printable, wide band-gap chalcopyrite compound films (CuInGaS2, CIGS) were synthesized on transparent conducting oxide substrates. The wide band-gap and defective nature of the films reveal semi-transparent and bifacial properties that are beneficial for power generating window applications. Importantly, solar cell devices with these films demonstrate a synergistic effect for bifacial illuminat...

In this work, we have demonstrated the structural and optoelectronic properties of the surface of ternary/quaternary (CISe/CIGSe/CZTSe) chalcopyrite nanocrystallites passivated by tri-n-octylphosphine-oxide (TOPO) and tri-n-octylphosphine (TOP) and compared their charge transfer characteristics in the respective polymer: chalcopyrite nanocomposites by dispersing them in poly(3-hexylthiophene) p...

Abstract: Novel ether thionocarbamates, O-butoxy isopropyl-N-ethoxycarbonyl thionocarbamate (BIPECTC) and O-(2-butoxy-1-methylethoxy) isopropyl-N-ethoxycarbonyl thionocarbamate (BMIPECTC), were synthesized in this study. Their collecting efficiencies in the flotation of chalcopyrite were investigated using flotation tests, adsorption measurements, ultraviolet spectra (UV) and Fourier transform-...