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Thioacetamide-derived nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon quantum dots for “green” quantum dot solar cells. J IND ENG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Antidiabetic activity of phytosynthesized Ag/CuO nanocomposites using Murraya koenigii and Zingiber officinale extracts. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2021.102838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Saha P, Mahiuddin M, Islam ABMN, Ochiai B. Biogenic Synthesis and Catalytic Efficacy of Silver Nanoparticles Based on Peel Extracts of Citrus macroptera Fruit. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:18260-18268. [PMID: 34308057 PMCID: PMC8296544 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Biogenically synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNP) increase the fascination over chemical ones due to their facile and green synthetic process. This study reports the development of an eco-friendly and cost-effective synthesis of AgNPs using an aqueous extract of Citrus macroptera fruit peel, an agricultural waste, as a sole agent with both reducing and capping abilities. The formation of AgNPs was verified by the surface plasmon resonance peak at 426 nm in the UV-vis spectrum, X-ray diffraction pattern, and transmission electron micrography images. The AgNPs obtained under the optimized conditions consist of face-centered cubic crystals and spherical morphology with an average size of 11 nm. The AgNPs are coated with phytochemicals in the C. macroptera fruit peel extract and are stably dispersible due to their negatively charged nature. The AgNPs effectively catalyzed the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol and the degradation of methyl orange and methylene blue in the presence of sodium borohydride. This method employing a fruit peel extract is facile, efficient, eco-friendly, and cost-effective and has potential for industrial green fabrication of AgNPs.
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- Prianka Saha
- Chemistry
Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
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- Chemistry
Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science
and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16, Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science
and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16, Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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Cytotoxic and radiosensitizing potential of silver nanoparticles against HepG-2 cells prepared by biosynthetic route using Picrasma quassioides leaf extract. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2019.101479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Singh A, Chiu NC, Boopathi KM, Lu YJ, Mohapatra A, Li G, Chen YF, Guo TF, Chu CW. Lead-Free Antimony-Based Light-Emitting Diodes through the Vapor-Anion-Exchange Method. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:35088-35094. [PMID: 31462035 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Hybrid lead halide perovskites continue to attract interest for use in optoelectronic devices such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Although challenging, the replacement of toxic lead in these systems is an active field of research. Recently, the use of trivalent metal cations (Bi3+ and Sb3+) that form defect perovskites A3B2X9 has received great attention for the development of solar cells, but their light-emissive properties have not previously been studied. Herein, an all-inorganic antimony-based two-dimensional perovskite, Cs3Sb2I9, was synthesized using the solution process. Vapor-anion-exchange method was employed to change the structural composition from Cs3Sb2I9 to Cs3Sb2Br9 or Cs3Sb2Cl9 by treating CsI/SbI3 spin-coated films with SbBr3 or SbCl3, respectively. This novel method facilitates the fabrication of Cs3Sb2Br9 or Cs3Sb2Cl9 through solution processing without the need of using poorly soluble precursors (e.g., CsCl and CsBr). We go on to demonstrate electroluminescence from a device employing Cs3Sb2I9 emitter sandwiched between ITO/PEDOT:PSS and TPBi/LiF/Al as the hole and electron injection electrodes, respectively. A visible-infrared radiance of 0.012 W·Sr-1·m-2 was measured at 6 V when Cs3Sb2I9 was the active emitter layer. These proof-of-principle devices suggest a viable path toward low-dimensional, lead-free A3B2X9 perovskite optoelectronics.
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- Anupriya Singh
- Research Center for Applied Science , Academia Sinica , Taipei 115 , Taiwan ROC
- Department of Physics , National Taiwan University , Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road , Taipei 106 , Taiwan , ROC
- Nano Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program , Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University , Taipei 115 , Taiwan , ROC
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- Research Center for Applied Science , Academia Sinica , Taipei 115 , Taiwan ROC
- Department of Photonics , National Cheng Kung University , Tainan 70101 , Taiwan , ROC
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- Research Center for Applied Science , Academia Sinica , Taipei 115 , Taiwan ROC
- Department of Physics , National Taiwan University , Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road , Taipei 106 , Taiwan , ROC
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- Research Center for Applied Science , Academia Sinica , Taipei 115 , Taiwan ROC
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- Department of Electronics and Information Engineering , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hung Hom , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China
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- Department of Physics , National Taiwan University , Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road , Taipei 106 , Taiwan , ROC
- Nano Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program , Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University , Taipei 115 , Taiwan , ROC
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- Department of Photonics , National Cheng Kung University , Tainan 70101 , Taiwan , ROC
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- Research Center for Applied Science , Academia Sinica , Taipei 115 , Taiwan ROC
- College of Engineering , Chang Gung University , Taoyuan City 333 , Taiwan ROC
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu 30013 , Taiwan , ROC
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Feng HP, Tang L, Zeng GM, Zhou Y, Deng YC, Ren X, Song B, Liang C, Wei MY, Yu JF. Core-shell nanomaterials: Applications in energy storage and conversion. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 267:26-46. [PMID: 30884358 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Materials with core-shell structures have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their unique properties and wide applications in energy storage and conversion systems. Through reasonable adjustments of their shells and cores, various types of core-shell structured materials can be fabricated with favorable properties that play significant roles in energy storage and conversion processes. The core-shell material can provide an effective solution to the current energy crisis. Various synthetic strategies used to fabricate core-shell materials, including the atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition and solvothermal method, are briefly mentioned here. A state-of-the -art review of their applications in energy storage and conversion is summarized. The involved energy storage includes supercapacitors, li-ions batteries and hydrogen storage, and the corresponding energy conversion technologies contain quantum dot solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, silicon/organic solar cells and fuel cells. In addition, the correlation between the core-shell structures and their performance in energy storage and conversion is introduced, and this finding can provide guidance in designing original core-shell structures with advanced properties.
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Optimizing multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a low-cost and highly electrocatalytic counter electrode for QDSCs. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.07.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Yusof KN, Alias SS, Harun Z, Basri H, Azhar FH. Parkia speciosa
as Reduction Agent in Green Synthesis Silver Nanoparticles. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201801846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Khairul Nazri Yusof
- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Centre (AMMC); Institute of Intergrated Engineering (I E); Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
- Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
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- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Centre (AMMC); Institute of Intergrated Engineering (I E); Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
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- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Centre (AMMC); Institute of Intergrated Engineering (I E); Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
- Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
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- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Centre (AMMC); Institute of Intergrated Engineering (I E); Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
- Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
- Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 84600, Pagoh, Johor Malaysia
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- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Centre (AMMC); Institute of Intergrated Engineering (I E); Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
- Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; 86400 Parit Raja, Johor Malaysia
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Nguyen TP, Ha TT, Nguyen TT, Ho NP, Huynh TD, Lam QV. Effect of Cu2+ ions doped on the photovoltaic features of CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sui M, Kunwar S, Pandey P, Zhang Q, Li MY, Lee J. Investigation on the morphology and optical properties of self-assembled Ag Nanostructures on c-plane GaN by the control of annealing temperature and duration. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoso.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Teymourinia H, Salavati-Niasari M, Amiri O, Farangi M. Facile synthesis of graphene quantum dots from corn powder and their application as down conversion effect in quantum dot-dye-sensitized solar cell. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.12.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Amiri O, Mir N, Ansari F, Salavati-Niasari M. Design and fabrication of a high performance inorganic tandem solar cell with 11.5% conversion efficiency. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Das A, Deepa M, Ghosal P. Lead-Sulfide-Selenide Quantum Dots and Gold-Copper Alloy Nanoparticles Augment the Light-Harvesting Ability of Solar Cells. Chemphyschem 2017; 18:736-748. [PMID: 28070927 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201601284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Lead-sulfide-selenide (PbSSe) quantum dots (QDs) and gold-copper (AuCu) alloy nanoparticles (NPs) were incorporated into a cadmium sulfide (CdS)/titanium oxide (TiO2 ) photoanode for the first time to achieve enhanced conversion of solar energy into electricity. PbSSe QDs with a band gap of 1.02 eV extend the light-harvesting range of the photoanode from the visible region to the near-infrared region. The conduction band (CB) edge of the PbSSe QDs is wedged between the CBs of TiO2 and CdS; this additional level coupled with the good electrical conductivity of the dots facilitate charge transport and collection, and a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.44 % is achieved for the champion cell with the TiO2 /PbSSe/CdS electrode. Upon including AuCu alloy NPs in the QD-sensitized electrodes, light absorption is enhance by plasmonic and light-scattering effects and also by the injection of hot electrons to the CBs of the QDs. Comparison of the incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency enhancement factors in addition to fluorescence decay and impedance studies reveal that the PbSSe QDs and AuCu alloy NPs promote charge injection to the current collector and increase the photogenerated charges produced, which thus enables the TiO2 /PbSSe/CdS/AuCu cell to deliver the highest PCE of 5.26 % among all the various photoanode compositions used.
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- Aparajita Das
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-, 502285, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-, 502285, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
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- Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, DRDO, Hyderabad, 500058, Telangana, India
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Aliabadi M. One-step synthesis of highly efficient TiO2-CdS-Ag nanocomposite for remove organic pollution. Sep Purif Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kumar PN, Das A, Deepa M, Ghosal P, Srivastava AK. Bimetallic Au-Ag Alloy Nanoparticles Improve Energy Harvesting of a TiO2/CdS Film. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201601026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- P. Naresh Kumar
- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad; Kandi-502285 Sangareddy, Telangana India
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- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad; Kandi-502285 Sangareddy, Telangana India
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- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad; Kandi-502285 Sangareddy, Telangana India
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- Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory; DRDO; Hyderabad 500058, Telangana India
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Chemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles with different morphology from a secondary source. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-016-0935-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Fan W, Leung MKH. Recent Development of Plasmonic Resonance-Based Photocatalysis and Photovoltaics for Solar Utilization. Molecules 2016; 21:E180. [PMID: 26848648 PMCID: PMC6274351 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21020180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 01/24/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Increasing utilization of solar energy is an effective strategy to tackle our energy and energy-related environmental issues. Both solar photocatalysis (PC) and solar photovoltaics (PV) have high potential to develop technologies of many practical applications. Substantial research efforts are devoted to enhancing visible light activation of the photoelectrocatalytic reactions by various modifications of nanostructured semiconductors. This review paper emphasizes the recent advancement in material modifications by means of the promising localized surface plasmonic resonance (LSPR) mechanisms. The principles of LSPR and its effects on the photonic efficiency of PV and PC are discussed here. Many research findings reveal the promise of Au and Ag plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs). Continual investigation for increasing the stability of the plasmonic NPs will be fruitful.
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- Wenguang Fan
- Ability R & D Energy Research Centre, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Ability R & D Energy Research Centre, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China.
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Mousavi-Kamazani M, Zarghami Z, Salavati-Niasari M, Amiri O. CdIn2S4 quantum dots: novel solvent-free synthesis, characterization and enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells performance. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra03894h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Herein, CdIn2S4 (CdIS) quantum dots were synthesized via a solid-state thermal decomposition approach for the first time.
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- Institute of Nano Science and Nano Technology
- University of Kashan
- Kashan
- I. R. Iran
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Chen XQ, Li Z, Dou SX. Ambient Facile Synthesis of Gram-Scale Copper Selenide Nanostructures from Commercial Copper and Selenium Powder. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:13295-302. [PMID: 26020682 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Grams of copper selenides (Cu(2-x)Se) were prepared from commercial copper and selenium powders in the presence of thiol ligands by a one-pot reaction at room temperature. The resultant copper selenides are a mixture of nanoparticles and their assembled nanosheets, and the thickness of nanosheets assembled is strongly dependent on the ratio of thiol ligand to selenium powder. The resultant Cu(2-x)Se nanostructures were treated with hydrazine solution to remove the surface ligands and then explored as a potential thermoelectric candidate in comparison with commercial copper selenide powders. The research provides a novel ambient approach for preparation of Cu(2-x)Se nanocrystallines on a large scale for various applications.
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- Xin Qi Chen
- †Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
- §Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Squires Way, Innovation Campus of the University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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- ‡School of Radiation Medicine and Radiation Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China
- §Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Squires Way, Innovation Campus of the University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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- §Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Squires Way, Innovation Campus of the University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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