Layer-by-Layer Sorting of Rhenium Disulfide via High-Density Isopycnic Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Kang, Joohoon; Sangwan, Vinod K.; Wood, Joshua D.; Liu, Xiaolong; Balla, Itamar; Lam, David; Hersam, Mark C.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03584

Title: Layer-by-Layer Sorting of Rhenium Disulfide via High-Density Isopycnic Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Journal Article · Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03584· OSTI ID:1388164

Kang, Joohoon ^[1]; Sangwan, Vinod K. ^[1]; Wood, Joshua D. ^[1]; Liu, Xiaolong ^[1]; Balla, Itamar ^[1]; Lam, David ^[1]; Hersam, Mark C. ^[1]

Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Isopycnic density gradient ultracentrifugation (iDGU) has been widely applied to sort nanomaterials by their physical and electronic structure. Yet, the commonly used density-gradient medium iodixanol has a finite maximum buoyant density that prevents the use of iDGU for high-density nanomaterials. Here, we overcome this limit by adding cesium chloride (CsCl) to iodixanol, thus increasing its maximum buoyant density to the point where the high-density two-dimensional nanomaterial rhenium disulfide (ReS₂) can be sorted in a layer-by-layer manner with iDGU. The resulting aqueous ReS₂ dispersions show photoluminescence at ~1.5 eV, which is consistent with its direct bandgap semiconductor electronic structure. Moreover, photocurrent measurements on thin films formed from solution-processed ReS₂ show a spectral response that is consistent with optical absorbance and photoluminescence data. In addition to offering a pathway for effective solution processing of ReS₂, this work establishes a general methodology for sorting high-density nanomaterials via iDGU.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001059; DMR-1505849; DMR-1121262; N00014-14-1-0669

OSTI ID:: 1388164

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 11; Related Information: ANSER partners with Northwestern University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yale University; ISSN 1530-6984

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