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Carter-Searjeant S, Fairclough SM, Haigh SJ, Zou Y, Curry RJ, Taylor PN, Huang C, Fleck R, Machado P, Kirkland AI, Green MA. Nanoscale LiZnN - Luminescent Half-Heusler Quantum Dots. ACS APPLIED OPTICAL MATERIALS 2023; 1:1169-1173. [PMID: 37384133 PMCID: PMC10294247 DOI: 10.1021/acsaom.3c00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
Abstract
Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots are a well-established technology, with numerous materials available either commercially or through the vast body of literature. The prevalent materials are cadmium-based and are unlikely to find general acceptance in most applications. While the III-V family of materials is a likely substitute, issues remain about its long-term suitability, and other earth-abundant materials are being explored. In this report, we highlight a nanoscale half-Heusler semiconductor, LiZnN, composed of readily available elements as a potential alternative system to luminescent II-VI and III-V nanoparticle quantum dots.
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- Department
of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M19 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M19 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Sharp
Life Science (EU) Ltd., The Hayakawa
Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford
Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GB, U.K.
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- Electron
Physical Sciences Imaging Centre, Diamond
Light Source, Harwell Science Innovation
Campus, Fermi Ave, Didcot OX110DE, U.K.
- Department
of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.
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- Centre
for
Ultrastructural Imaging, King’s College
London, New Hunts House, Guys Campus, London SE1 1UL, U.K.
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- Centre
for
Ultrastructural Imaging, King’s College
London, New Hunts House, Guys Campus, London SE1 1UL, U.K.
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- Electron
Physical Sciences Imaging Centre, Diamond
Light Source, Harwell Science Innovation
Campus, Fermi Ave, Didcot OX110DE, U.K.
- Department
of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, U.K.
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LiZnN filled-tetrahedral compound: A first-principles study of the electronic, optical and effective mass properties. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2019.120974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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White MA, Medina‐Gonzalez AM, Vela J. Soft Chemistry, Coloring and Polytypism in Filled Tetrahedral Semiconductors: Toward Enhanced Thermoelectric and Battery Materials. Chemistry 2017; 24:3650-3658. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Miles A. White
- Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 USA
- Ames Laboratory Ames Iowa 50011 USA
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Basalaev YM, Starodubtseva MV. Features of the valence electron charge distribution in LiBIIXV crystals. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476615060025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bende D, Wagner FR, Grin Y. 8 – N Rule and Chemical Bonding in Main-Group MgAgAs-Type Compounds. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:3970-8. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- David Bende
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Nöthnitzer
Straße 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Nöthnitzer
Straße 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Nöthnitzer
Straße 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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Tapia-Ruiz N, Segalés M, Gregory DH. The chemistry of ternary and higher lithium nitrides. Coord Chem Rev 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zakutayev A, Zhang X, Nagaraja A, Yu L, Lany S, Mason TO, Ginley DS, Zunger A. Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Realization of New Stable Inorganic Materials Using the Inverse Design Approach. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:10048-54. [DOI: 10.1021/ja311599g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Andriy Zakutayev
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Mellouki A, Bennecer B, Kalarasse F. Calculation of the vibrational properties of LiMgAs. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2009; 21:305402. [PMID: 21828550 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/30/305402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
We have studied the vibrational properties of the filled tetrahedral semiconductor LiMgAs and its binary analog AlAs by using the plane-wave pseudopotential method within density functional theory. The calculated lattice constants for the studied compounds are in good agreement with previous theoretical and experimental results. The phonon dispersion curves and phonon density of states are calculated by using density functional perturbation theory. The sound speeds in different directions are quantitatively similar in LiMgAs and AlAs. The assignment of the zone center modes to the relative motion of the atoms shows that the lower optic modes are due to the Mg-As pair vibrations, while for the upper ones the Li-Mg pair dominates, which is attributed to the smaller Mg atom mass. The longitudinal interatomic force constant of Mg-As is about 66% higher than that of Li-As, showing the relatively high covalency of the former bond.
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- A Mellouki
- Physics Laboratory at Guelma, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Guelma, PO Box 401, Guelma 24000, Algeria
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Kuriyama K, Kato T, Kawada K. Optical band gap of the filled tetrahedral semiconductor LiZnAs. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1994; 49:11452-11455. [PMID: 10010002 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.49.11452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Kuriyama K, Kato T, Tanaka T. Optical band gap of the filled tetrahedral semiconductor LiZnN. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1994; 49:4511-4513. [PMID: 10011371 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.49.4511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Kuriyama K, Takahashi Y, Sunohara F. Optical band gap of Zn3N2 films. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1993; 48:2781-2782. [PMID: 10008680 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.48.2781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wei SH, Zunger A. Band gaps and spin-orbit splitting of ordered and disordered AlxGa1-xAs and GaAsxSb1-x alloys. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1989; 39:3279-3304. [PMID: 9948630 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.39.3279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Quantum Theory of Structure: sp-Bonded Systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-87478-8.50007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Kuriyama K, Katoh T. Optical band gap of the filled tetrahedral semiconductor LiZnP. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1988; 37:7140-7142. [PMID: 9943997 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.37.7140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Froyen S, Wood DM, Zunger A. Structural and electronic properties of epitaxial thin-layer SinGen superlattices. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1988; 37:6893-6907. [PMID: 9943959 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.37.6893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Wei SH, Zunger A. Electronic structure of M3ISb-type filled tetrahedral semiconductors. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1987; 35:3952-3961. [PMID: 9941919 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.35.3952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Richardson SL, Cohen ML. Conduction-band-edge charge densities in elemental and compound semiconductors. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1987; 35:1388-1392. [PMID: 9941546 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.35.1388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Pawlowska Z, Christensen NE, Satpathy S, Jepsen O. Calculated electron densities and sp3-bonding character for binary and ternary Zintl phases. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1986; 34:7080-7088. [PMID: 9939361 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.34.7080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Wood DM, Zunger A. Electronic structure of generic semiconductors: Antifluorite silicide and III-V compounds. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1986; 34:4105-4120. [PMID: 9940176 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.34.4105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Wei SH, Zunger A. Electronic structure and phase stability of LiZnAs: A half ionic and half covalent tetrahedral semiconductor. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1986; 56:528-531. [PMID: 10033215 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.56.528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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