Issue 45, 2020

Synthesis of small Ag–Sb–Te nanocrystals with composition control

Abstract

Ternary telluride nanocrystals have gained increasing interest as materials for thermoelectric, optoelectronic, and phase-change memory applications. Synthetic approaches for colloidal multicomponent tellurides however remain sparse. Here, we report a convenient, amide-promoted synthesis for Ag–Sb–Te nanocrystals with small sizes and narrow size distributions (e.g., nanocrystal diameters of 3.5 ± 0.8 nm). We focus on achieving composition control for Ag–Sb–Te nanocrystals by adjusting the ratio of cationic precursors and find a broad solid solution range for AgxSb1−xTe1.5−x nanocrystals (x is from 0.3 and 0.6), which extends beyond that measured in Ag–Sb–Te thin films. The ability to produce size- and composition-controlled Ag–Sb–Te nanocrystals is a first step in achieving bottom-up assembled Ag–Sb–Te semiconductors for device applications.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of small Ag–Sb–Te nanocrystals with composition control

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Feb 2020
Accepted
07 Okt 2020
First published
14 Okt 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 15985-15989

Synthesis of small Ag–Sb–Te nanocrystals with composition control

A. Moser, O. Yarema, M. Yarema and V. Wood, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 15985 DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00880J

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