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Song H, Lee JH, Eom SY, Choi D, Jeong KS. Ultranarrow Mid-infrared Quantum Plasmon Resonance of Self-Doped Silver Selenide Nanocrystal. ACS NANO 2023; 17:16895-16903. [PMID: 37579184 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c03911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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The infrared quantum plasmon resonance (IR QPR) of nanocrystals (NCs) exhibits the combined properties of classical and quantum mechanics, potentially overcoming the limitations of conventional optical features. However, research on the development of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) from colloidal quantum dots has stagnated, owing to the challenge of increasing the carrier density of semiconductor NCs. Herein, we present the mid-IR QPR of a self-doped Ag2Se NC with an exceptionally narrow bandwidth. Chemical modification of the NC surface with chloride realizes this narrow QPR bandwidth by achieving a high free-carrier density in the NC. The mid-IR QPR feature was thoroughly analyzed by using various experimental methods such as Fourier transform (FT) IR spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and current-voltage measurements. In addition, the optical properties were theoretically analyzed using the plamon-in-a-box model and a modified hydrodynamic model that revealed the effect of coupling with the intraband transition and the limited nature of electron density in semiconductor NCs. Integrating the quantum effect into the plasmonic resonance reduces the peak bandwidth to 19.7 meV, which is an extremely narrow bandwidth compared with that of the LSPR of conventional metal oxide or metal chalcogenide NCs. Our results demonstrate that self-doped silver selenide quantum dots are excellent systems for studying mid-IR QPR.
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- Haemin Song
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Babaev AA, Skurlov ID, Timkina YA, Fedorov AV. Colloidal 2D Lead Chalcogenide Nanocrystals: Synthetic Strategies, Optical Properties, and Applications. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:nano13111797. [PMID: 37299700 DOI: 10.3390/nano13111797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Lead chalcogenide nanocrystals (NCs) are an emerging class of photoactive materials that have become a versatile tool for fabricating new generation photonics devices operating in the near-IR spectral range. NCs are presented in a wide variety of forms and sizes, each of which has its own unique features. Here, we discuss colloidal lead chalcogenide NCs in which one dimension is much smaller than the others, i.e., two-dimensional (2D) NCs. The purpose of this review is to present a complete picture of today's progress on such materials. The topic is quite complicated, as a variety of synthetic approaches result in NCs with different thicknesses and lateral sizes, which dramatically change the NCs photophysical properties. The recent advances highlighted in this review demonstrate lead chalcogenide 2D NCs as promising materials for breakthrough developments. We summarized and organized the known data, including theoretical works, to highlight the most important 2D NC features and give the basis for their interpretation.
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- Anton A Babaev
- PhysNano Department, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- PhysNano Department, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- PhysNano Department, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- PhysNano Department, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg 197101, Russia
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Zhang M, Liu F, Yang H, Xu Z, Wang J, Gong Y. Elucidating the exceptional halide ion etching of bimetallic Ag-Cu oxides for efficient adsorption and porous nanostructure formation. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023. [PMID: 37060143 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00231d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Elucidating the interactions between halide ions and bimetallic oxides can help understand their influences on the physicochemical properties of bimetallic oxides and ultimately lead to better performance, but this has not yet been explored. We report here the first study of the interaction of halide ions with two phase-pure bimetallic Ag-Cu oxides, Ag2Cu2O3 and Ag2Cu2O4, which have different chemical valences of Ag and Cu atoms. We found that halide ions have an aggressive etching effect on both bimetallic oxides, leading to a dramatic evolution of crystal structures and morphology. Halide ions act like "nano-carving knives", selectively etching out silver atoms to form silver halides and leaving a porous CuO skeleton. We revealed that Ag2Cu2O4 underwent a redox reaction with iodide ions (I-) to produce additional I3- in the solution, which was not observed in Ag2Cu2O3. Interestingly, according to the revealed interactions, both bimetallic oxides are confirmed as superior adsorbents to remove I- from wastewater in terms of a record-high uptake capacity, fast adsorption kinetics, and excellent selectivity for I-. Furthermore, such a halide etching can be turned into a powerful synthetic strategy. The out-etched silver halides were dissolved to give robust porous CuO nanostructures, which are proved to be excellent glucose-sensing electrodes with high sensitivity, excellent anti-interference, and stability, showing great application potential. This work contributes to improving the understanding of the mechanisms of halide ion-metal oxide interactions and ultimately to innovative applications.
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- Meng Zhang
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China.
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China.
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van der Sluijs M, Salzmann BBV, Arenas Esteban D, Li C, Jannis D, Brafine LC, Laning TD, Reinders JWC, Hijmans NSA, Moes JR, Verbeeck J, Bals S, Vanmaekelbergh D. Study of the Mechanism and Increasing Crystallinity in the Self-Templated Growth of Ultrathin PbS Nanosheets. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:2988-2998. [PMID: 37063593 PMCID: PMC10100538 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Colloidal 2D semiconductor nanocrystals, the analogue of solid-state quantum wells, have attracted strong interest in material science and physics. Molar quantities of suspended quantum objects with spectrally pure absorption and emission can be synthesized. For the visible region, CdSe nanoplatelets with atomically precise thickness and tailorable emission have been (almost) perfected. For the near-infrared region, PbS nanosheets (NSs) hold strong promise, but the photoluminescence quantum yield is low and many questions on the crystallinity, atomic structure, intriguing rectangular shape, and formation mechanism remain to be answered. Here, we report on a detailed investigation of the PbS NSs prepared with a lead thiocyanate single source precursor. Atomically resolved HAADF-STEM imaging reveals the presence of defects and small cubic domains in the deformed orthorhombic PbS crystal lattice. Moreover, variations in thickness are observed in the NSs, but only in steps of 2 PbS monolayers. To study the reaction mechanism, a synthesis at a lower temperature allowed for the study of reaction intermediates. Specifically, we studied the evolution of pseudo-crystalline templates toward mature, crystalline PbS NSs. We propose a self-induced templating mechanism based on an oleylamine-lead-thiocyanate (OLAM-Pb-SCN) complex with two Pb-SCN units as a building block; the interactions between the long-chain ligands regulate the crystal structure and possibly the lateral dimensions.
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- Maaike
M. van der Sluijs
- Condensed
Matter & Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Condensed
Matter & Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), NANOlab Center for Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), NANOlab Center for Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), NANOlab Center for Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Condensed
Matter & Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Condensed
Matter & Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Condensed
Matter & Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Condensed
Matter & Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Condensed
Matter & Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), NANOlab Center for Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), NANOlab Center for Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Condensed
Matter & Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Li L, Xia Y, Zeng M, Fu L. Facet engineering of ultrathin two-dimensional materials. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:7327-7343. [PMID: 35924550 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00067a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit broad application prospects in many fields due to the enhanced specific surface area to volume ratio and quantum confinement effect. Because of the atomic thickness and various orientations, ultrathin 2D materials exposing specific facets have drawn great attention for various applications in catalysis, batteries, optoelectronics, magnetism, epitaxial template for material growth, etc. Though maintaining the atomic thickness of 2D materials while controlling crystal facets is an enormous challenge, breakthroughs are being made. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in the facet engineering of 2D materials, ranging from a basic understanding of facets and the corresponding approaches and the significance of facet engineering. We also propose current challenges and forecast future development directions including the establishment of a facet database, the fabrication of new 2D materials, the design of specific substrates, and the introduction of theoretical calculations and in situ characterization techniques. This review can guide researchers to design ultrathin 2D materials with unique and distinct facets and provide an insight into the applications of energy, magnetism, optics, biomedicine, and other fields.
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- Linyang Li
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. .,The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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Klepzig LF, Biesterfeld L, Romain M, Niebur A, Schlosser A, Hübner J, Lauth J. Colloidal 2D PbSe nanoplatelets with efficient emission reaching the telecom O-, E- and S-band. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2022; 4:590-599. [PMID: 36132696 PMCID: PMC9418099 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00704a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Colloidal two-dimensional (2D) lead chalcogenide nanoplatelets (NPLs) represent highly interesting materials for near- and short wave-infrared applications including innovative glass fiber optics exhibiting negligible attenuation. In this work, we demonstrate a direct synthesis route for 2D PbSe NPLs with cubic rock salt crystal structure at low reaction temperatures of 0 °C and room temperature. A lateral size tuning of the PbSe NPLs by controlling the temperature and by adding small amounts of octylamine to the reaction leads to excitonic absorption features in the range of 1.55-1.24 eV (800-1000 nm) and narrow photoluminescence (PL) reaching the telecom O-, E- and S-band (1.38-0.86 eV, 900-1450 nm). The PL quantum yield of the as-synthesized PbSe NPLs is more than doubled by a postsynthetic treatment with CdCl2 (e.g. from 14.7% to 37.4% for NPLs emitting at 980 nm with a FWHM of 214 meV). An analysis of the slightly asymmetric PL line shape of the PbSe NPLs and their characterization by ultrafast transient absorption and time-resolved PL spectroscopy reveal a surface trap related PL contribution which is successfully reduced by the CdCl2 treatment from 40% down to 15%. Our results open up new pathways for a direct synthesis and straightforward incorporation of colloidal PbSe NPLs as efficient infrared emitters at technologically relevant telecom wavelengths.
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- Lars F Klepzig
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstr. 3A 30167 Hannover Germany
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines) 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstr. 3A 30167 Hannover Germany
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines) 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstr. 3A 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstr. 3A 30167 Hannover Germany
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines) 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstr. 3A 30167 Hannover Germany
- Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE), Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 39 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE), Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 39 30167 Hannover Germany
- Institute of Solid State Physics, Leibniz Universität Hannover Appelstraße 2 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstr. 3A 30167 Hannover Germany
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines) 30167 Hannover Germany
- Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE), Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 39 30167 Hannover Germany
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Yuan Z, Yang L, Han D, Sun G, Zhu C, Wang Y, Wang Q, Artemyev M, Tang J. Synthesis and Optical Properties of In 2S 3-Hosted Colloidal Zn-Cu-In-S Nanoplatelets. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:18939-18947. [PMID: 34337233 PMCID: PMC8320147 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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High-efficiency photoluminescence quaternary hexagon Zn-Cu-In-S (ZCIS) nanoplatelets (NPls) have been synthesized by a two-step cation exchange method, which starts with the In2S3 NPls followed by the addition of Cu and Zn. It is the first time that In2S3 NPls are used as templates to synthesize ZCIS NPls. In this paper, the reaction temperature of In2S3 is essential for the formation of NPls. The photoluminescence wavelength of NPls can be tuned by adjusting the temperature of Cu addition. To enhance the stability of the resulting NPls and to improve their optical properties, we introduced Zn2+ and obtained ZCIS NPls by cation exchange on the surface. It is worth noting that the obtained ZCIS NPls show a shorter fluorescence lifetime than other ternary copper sulfide-based NPls. This work provides a new way to synthesize high-efficiency, nontoxic, and no byproduct ZCIS NPls.
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- Ze Yuan
- Institute
of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research
for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science
& Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research
for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science
& Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research
for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science
& Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research
for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science
& Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research
for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science
& Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research
for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science
& Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research
for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science
& Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Research
Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk 220006, Belarus
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- Institute
of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research
for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science
& Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
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Skurlov I, Sokolova A, Galle T, Cherevkov S, Ushakova E, Baranov A, Lesnyak V, Fedorov A, Litvin A. Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescent Properties of PbSe Nanoplatelets. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10122570. [PMID: 33371429 PMCID: PMC7767437 DOI: 10.3390/nano10122570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Semiconductor colloidal nanoplatelets (NPLs) are a promising new class of nanostructures that can bring much impact on lightning technologies, light-emitting diodes (LED), and laser fabrication. Indeed, great progress has been made in optimizing the optical properties of the NPLs for the visible spectral range, which has already made the implementation of a number of effective devices on their basis possible. To date, state-of-the-art near-infrared (NIR)-emitting NPLs are significantly inferior to their visible-range counterparts, although it would be fair to say that they received significantly less research attention so far. In this study, we report a comprehensive analysis of steady-state and time-dependent photoluminescence (PL) properties of four monolayered (ML) PbSe NPLs. The PL measurements are performed in a temperature range of 78–300 K, and their results are compared to those obtained for CdSe NPLs and PbSe quantum dots (QDs). We show that multiple emissive states, both band-edge and trap-related, are responsible for the formation of the NPLs’ PL band. We demonstrate that the widening of the PL band is caused by the inhomogeneous broadening rather than homogeneous one, and analyze the possible contributions to PL broadening.
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- Ivan Skurlov
- Center of Information Optical Technology, The Laboratory “Optics of Quantum Nanostructures”, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia; (I.S.); (A.S.); (S.C.); (E.U.); (A.B.); (A.F.)
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- Center of Information Optical Technology, The Laboratory “Optics of Quantum Nanostructures”, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia; (I.S.); (A.S.); (S.C.); (E.U.); (A.B.); (A.F.)
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- Physical Chemistry, TU Dresden, Zellescher Weg 19, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (T.G.); (V.L.)
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- Center of Information Optical Technology, The Laboratory “Optics of Quantum Nanostructures”, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia; (I.S.); (A.S.); (S.C.); (E.U.); (A.B.); (A.F.)
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- Center of Information Optical Technology, The Laboratory “Optics of Quantum Nanostructures”, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia; (I.S.); (A.S.); (S.C.); (E.U.); (A.B.); (A.F.)
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- Center of Information Optical Technology, The Laboratory “Optics of Quantum Nanostructures”, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia; (I.S.); (A.S.); (S.C.); (E.U.); (A.B.); (A.F.)
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- Physical Chemistry, TU Dresden, Zellescher Weg 19, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (T.G.); (V.L.)
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- Center of Information Optical Technology, The Laboratory “Optics of Quantum Nanostructures”, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia; (I.S.); (A.S.); (S.C.); (E.U.); (A.B.); (A.F.)
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- Center of Information Optical Technology, The Laboratory “Optics of Quantum Nanostructures”, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia; (I.S.); (A.S.); (S.C.); (E.U.); (A.B.); (A.F.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-950-0286240
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Ghosh S, Manna L. The Many "Facets" of Halide Ions in the Chemistry of Colloidal Inorganic Nanocrystals. Chem Rev 2018; 118:7804-7864. [PMID: 30062881 PMCID: PMC6107855 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Over the years, scientists have identified various synthetic "handles" while developing wet chemical protocols for achieving a high level of shape and compositional complexity in colloidal nanomaterials. Halide ions have emerged as one such handle which serve as important surface active species that regulate nanocrystal (NC) growth and concomitant physicochemical properties. Halide ions affect the NC growth kinetics through several means, including selective binding on crystal facets, complexation with the precursors, and oxidative etching. On the other hand, their presence on the surfaces of semiconducting NCs stimulates interesting changes in the intrinsic electronic structure and interparticle communication in the NC solids eventually assembled from them. Then again, halide ions also induce optoelectronic tunability in NCs where they form part of the core, through sheer composition variation. In this review, we describe these roles of halide ions in the growth of nanostructures and the physical changes introduced by them and thereafter demonstrate the commonality of these effects across different classes of nanomaterials.
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- Sandeep Ghosh
- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
- Kavli Institute
of Nanoscience and Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Greenwood AR, Vörös M, Giberti F, Galli G. Emergent Electronic and Dielectric Properties of Interacting Nanoparticles at Finite Temperature. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:255-261. [PMID: 29227689 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Lead chalcogenide nanoparticle solids have been successfully integrated into certified solar cells and represent promising platforms for the design of novel photoabsorbers for photoelectrochemical cells. While much attention has been drawn to improving efficiency and device performance through altering the character of the individual nanoparticles, the role of interactions between nanoparticles is not yet well-understood. Using first-principles molecular dynamics and electronic structure calculations, we investigated the combined effect of temperature and interaction on functionalized lead chalcogenide nanoparticles (NPs). Here, we show that at finite temperature, interacting NPs are dynamical dipolar systems, with the average values of dipole moments and polarizabilities substantially increased with respect to those of the isolated building blocks. In addition, we show that the interacting NPs exhibit slightly smaller fundamental gaps that decrease as a function of temperature and that the radiative lifetimes of both the isolated NPs and the solids are greatly reduced at finite temperature compared to T = 0. Finally, we present a critical discussion of various results reported in the literature for the values of dipole moments of nanoparticles.
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- Arin R Greenwood
- Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago , 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago , 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago , 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Shornikova EV, Biadala L, Yakovlev DR, Feng D, Sapega VF, Flipo N, Golovatenko AA, Semina MA, Rodina AV, Mitioglu AA, Ballottin MV, Christianen PCM, Kusrayev YG, Nasilowski M, Dubertret B, Bayer M. Electron and Hole g-Factors and Spin Dynamics of Negatively Charged Excitons in CdSe/CdS Colloidal Nanoplatelets with Thick Shells. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:373-380. [PMID: 29160075 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We address spin properties and spin dynamics of carriers and charged excitons in CdSe/CdS colloidal nanoplatelets with thick shells. Magneto-optical studies are performed by time-resolved and polarization-resolved photoluminescence, spin-flip Raman scattering and picosecond pump-probe Faraday rotation in magnetic fields up to 30 T. We show that at low temperatures the nanoplatelets are negatively charged so that their photoluminescence is dominated by radiative recombination of negatively charged excitons (trions). Electron g-factor of 1.68 is measured, and heavy-hole g-factor varying with increasing magnetic field from -0.4 to -0.7 is evaluated. Hole g-factors for two-dimensional structures are calculated for various hole confining potentials for cubic- and wurtzite lattice in CdSe core. These calculations are extended for various quantum dots and nanoplatelets based on II-VI semiconductors. We developed a magneto-optical technique for the quantitative evaluation of the nanoplatelets orientation in ensemble.
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- Elena V Shornikova
- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44221 Dortmund, Germany
- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences , 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, CNRS , 59652 Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44221 Dortmund, Germany
- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44221 Dortmund, Germany
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University , 200062 Shanghai, China
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- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University , 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI, CNRS , 75231 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI, CNRS , 75231 Paris, France
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund , 44221 Dortmund, Germany
- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Shornikova EV, Biadala L, Yakovlev DR, Sapega VF, Kusrayev YG, Mitioglu AA, Ballottin MV, Christianen PCM, Belykh VV, Kochiev MV, Sibeldin NN, Golovatenko AA, Rodina AV, Gippius NA, Kuntzmann A, Jiang Y, Nasilowski M, Dubertret B, Bayer M. Addressing the exciton fine structure in colloidal nanocrystals: the case of CdSe nanoplatelets. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:646-656. [PMID: 29239445 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr07206f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We study the band-edge exciton fine structure and in particular its bright-dark splitting in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals by four different optical methods based on fluorescence line narrowing and time-resolved measurements at various temperatures down to 2 K. We demonstrate that all these methods provide consistent splitting values and discuss their advances and limitations. Colloidal CdSe nanoplatelets with thicknesses of 3, 4 and 5 monolayers are chosen for experimental demonstrations. The bright-dark splitting of excitons varies from 3.2 to 6.0 meV and is inversely proportional to the nanoplatelet thickness. Good agreement between experimental and theoretically calculated size dependence of the bright-dark exciton splitting is achieved. The recombination rates of the bright and dark excitons and the bright to dark relaxation rate are measured by time-resolved techniques.
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- Elena V Shornikova
- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany.
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Berends AC, de Mello Donega C. Ultrathin One- and Two-Dimensional Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Pushing Quantum Confinement to the Limit. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:4077-4090. [PMID: 28799764 PMCID: PMC5592648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Research on ultrathin nanomaterials is one of the fastest developing areas in contemporary nanoscience. The field of ultrathin one- (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) is still in its infancy, but offers the prospect of production of ultrathin nanomaterials in liquid-phase at relatively low costs, with versatility in terms of composition, size, shape, and surface control. In this Perspective, the state of the art in the field is concisely outlined and critically discussed to highlight the essential concepts and challenges. We start by presenting a brief overview of the ultrathin colloidal 1D and 2D semiconductor NCs prepared to date, after which the synthesis strategies and formation mechanisms of both 1D and 2D NCs are discussed. The properties of these low-dimensional materials are then reviewed, with emphasis on the optical properties of luminescent NCs. Finally, the future prospects for the field are addressed.
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