article published yes Xuelian Yu author Alexey Shavel author Xiaoqiang An author Zhishan Luo author Maria Ibáñez author 43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A870000-0001-5013-2843 Andreu Cabot author Cu2ZnSnS4, based on abundant and environmental friendly elements and with a direct band gap of 1.5 eV, is a main candidate material for solar energy conversion through both photovoltaics and photocatalysis. We detail here the synthesis of quasi-spherical Cu 2ZnSnS4 nanoparticles with unprecedented narrow size distributions. We further detail their use as seeds to produce CZTS-Au and CZTS-Pt heterostructured nanoparticles. Such heterostructured nanoparticles are shown to have excellent photocatalytic properties toward degradation of Rhodamine B and hydrogen generation by water splitting. ACS2014 eng 10.1021/ja502076b 136269236 - 9239 yes X. Yu, A. Shavel, X. An, Z. Luo, M. Ibáñez, and A. Cabot, “Cu2ZnSnS4-Pt and Cu2ZnSnS4-Au heterostructured nanoparticles for photocatalytic water splitting and pollutant degradation,” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>, vol. 136, no. 26. ACS, pp. 9236–9239, 2014. Yu, Xuelian, et al. “Cu2ZnSnS4-Pt and Cu2ZnSnS4-Au Heterostructured Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Pollutant Degradation.” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>, vol. 136, no. 26, ACS, 2014, pp. 9236–39, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/ja502076b">10.1021/ja502076b</a>. Yu X, Shavel A, An X, Luo Z, Ibáñez M, Cabot A. Cu2ZnSnS4-Pt and Cu2ZnSnS4-Au heterostructured nanoparticles for photocatalytic water splitting and pollutant degradation. <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. 2014;136(26):9236-9239. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/ja502076b">10.1021/ja502076b</a> Yu, X., Shavel, A., An, X., Luo, Z., Ibáñez, M., &#38; Cabot, A. (2014). Cu2ZnSnS4-Pt and Cu2ZnSnS4-Au heterostructured nanoparticles for photocatalytic water splitting and pollutant degradation. <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. ACS. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/ja502076b">https://doi.org/10.1021/ja502076b</a> Yu, Xuelian, Alexey Shavel, Xiaoqiang An, Zhishan Luo, Maria Ibáñez, and Andreu Cabot. “Cu2ZnSnS4-Pt and Cu2ZnSnS4-Au Heterostructured Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Pollutant Degradation.” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. ACS, 2014. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/ja502076b">https://doi.org/10.1021/ja502076b</a>. Yu X, Shavel A, An X, Luo Z, Ibáñez M, Cabot A. 2014. Cu2ZnSnS4-Pt and Cu2ZnSnS4-Au heterostructured nanoparticles for photocatalytic water splitting and pollutant degradation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(26), 9236–9239. X. Yu, A. Shavel, X. An, Z. Luo, M. Ibáñez, A. Cabot, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (2014) 9236–9239. 3322018-12-11T11:45:52Z2021-01-12T07:42:37Z