Tunable Room-Temperature Synthesis of Coinage Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals from N -Heterocyclic Carbene Synthons

Lu, Haipeng; Brutchey, Richard L.

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05293

Title: Tunable Room-Temperature Synthesis of Coinage Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals from N -Heterocyclic Carbene Synthons

Journal Article · Mon Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05293· OSTI ID:1406130

Lu, Haipeng ^[1];

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Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

We present a new toolset of precursors for semiconductor nanocrystal synthesis, N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-metal halide complexes, which enables a tunable molecular platform for the preparation of coinage metal chalcogenide quantum dots (QDs). Phase-pure and highly monodisperse coinage metal chalcogenide (Ag2E, Cu2–xE; E = S, Se) QDs are readily synthesized from the direct reaction of an NHC-MBr synthon (where M = Ag, Cu) with alkylsilyl chalcogenide reagents at room temperature. We demonstrate that the size of the resulting QDs is well tailored by the electron-donating ability of the L-type NHC ligands, which are further confirmed to be the only organic capping ligands on the QD surface, imparting excellent colloidal stability. Local superstructures of the NHC-capped Ag2S QDs are observed by TEM, further demonstrating their potential for synthesizing monodisperse ensembles and mediating self-assembly.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0006812; FG02-11ER46826

OSTI ID:: 1406130

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1582643

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 3; ISSN 0897-4756

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