Unique Cation Exchange in Nanocrystal Matrix via Surface Vacancy Engineering Overcoming Chemical Kinetic Energy Barriers

Bing Bai, Chongyang Zhao, Meng Xu*, Jiabi Ma, Yijie Du, Hailong Chen, Jiajia Liu, Jia Liu, Hongpan Rong, Wenxing Chen, Yuxiang Weng, Sergio Brovelli, Jiatao Zhang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Besides thermodynamic limitations, kinetic energy barriers hindered further exploration of synthesis mechanisms and functional nanomaterials. The breakthrough of kinetic energy barriers in cation exchange from CuInX2 (X = S, Se) to Cu/In dual-doped CdX and ZnX SNCs was achieved unprecedentedly by an effective surface-vacancy-engineering-initialized cation exchange (SVEICE) strategy. The key of this strategy was sequentially creating Cu and In vacancies on multi-component SNC surfaces. In addition, this strategy possessed outstanding versatility in other multi-component SNC cation exchange processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3086-3099
Number of pages14
JournalChem
Volume6
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2020

Keywords

  • SDG9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
  • cation exchange
  • colloidal nanocrystals
  • doped quantum dots
  • kinetic energy barriers
  • surface defect engineering

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