High-yield fabrication and electrochemical characterization of tetrapodal CdSe, CdTe, and CdSexTe1-x nanocrystals

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作者
Li, Yunchao [1 ]
Zhong, Haizheng
Li, Rui
Zhou, Yi
Yang, Chunhe
Li, Yongfang
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Chem, Ctr Mol Sci, CAS Key Lab Organ Solids, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
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10.1002/adfm.200500678
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
The high-yield fabrication of tetrapodal CdSe, CdTe, and CdSexTe1-x nanocrystals is systematically studied. CdSe nanocrystals are prepared by first controlling the synthesis of high-quality wurtzite CdSe and zinc blende CdSe nanocrystals at a relatively high temperature (260 degrees C) by selecting different ligands. Then, based on the phase control of the CdSe nanocrystals, two nanoparticle-tailoring routes (i.e., a seed-epitaxial route and ligand-dependent multi-injecting route) are used, and a high yield of CdSe tetrapods is obtained. CdTe nanocrystals are prepared by adjusting the ligand composition and the ratio of Cd to Te; CdTe tetrapods are synthesized in high yield using a mixed ligand that does not contain alkylphosphonic acids. Moreover, the nanoscale Te powder (Te nanowires/nanorods), which is highly soluble in the ligand solvent, is first used as a Te source to synthesize CdTe nanocrystals, which remarkably enhanced the output of the CdTe nanocrystals in one reaction. Furthermore, composition-tunable ternary CdSexTe1-x alloyed tetrapods are synthesized on a large scale, for the first time, by thermolyzing the mixture of the organometallic Cd precursor and the mixed (Se + Te) source in a mixed-ligand solution. The CdSe, CdTe, and CdSexTe1-x nanocrystals are characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM, selected-area electron diffraction, X-ray diffraction, and UV-vis and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Interesting nonlinear, composition-dependent absorption and PL spectra are observed for the ternary CdSexTe1-x alloyed nanocrystals. The band-edge positions of the nanocrystals of CdSe, CdSexTe1-x, and CdTe are systematically studied by cyclic voltammetry.
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页码:1705 / 1716
页数:12
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