Additions and corrections

Low temperature phase selective synthesis of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ quantum dots

Christopher A. Cattley, Cheng Cheng, Simon M. Fairclough, Laura M. Droessler, Neil P. Young, Jamie H. Warner, Jason M. Smith, Hazel E. Assender and Andrew A. R. Watt

Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 3745–3747 (DOI: 10.1039/C3CC39042J). Amendment published 01st July 2013.

There are errors in the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th sentences of the fifth paragraph on page 1, which contradict the description of the synthesis methodology stated in the supplementary information. The sentences should read:

The metal complexes were prepared by heating metal salts with oleylamine (OLA) at 130 °C. In a typical preparation Cu(C₅H₇O₂)₂, Zn(O₂CCH₃)₂, SnCl₄.(H₂O)₅, OLA are placed in an argon-purged three neck flask and heated up to 75 °C under vacuum and constant stirring, the flask was then purged with argon as the temperature is increased to 130 °C. A solution of (TMS)₂S in ODE was then injected into the reaction vessel at the required reaction temperature.

The JCPDS number quoted for tetragonal kesterite CZTS (I42m) was inadvertently quoted as 20-0575. The correct JCPDS for this phase is 26-0575.

There is an error in the graphic for Figure 2. The peak labelled as 204 in the XRD spectra for the 140 °C synthesis should be labelled as 220. The correct Figure 2 is displayed below.

The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.

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