Facile One-Step Synthesis and Transformation of Cu(I)-Doped Zinc Sulfide Nanocrystals to Cu1.94S鈥揨nS Heterostructured Nanocrystals

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• 作者：Haihang Ye ; Aiwei Tang ; Liming Huang ; Yu Wang ; Chunhe Yang ; Yanbing Hou ; Hongshang Peng ; Fujun Zhang ; Feng Teng
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：July 9, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：29
• 期：27
• 页码：8728-8735
• 全文大小：647K
• 年卷期：v.29,no.27(July 9, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

A facile one-pot heating process without any injection has been developed to synthesize different Cu鈥揨n鈥揝-based nanocrystals. The composition of the products evolves from Cu(I)-doped ZnS (ZnS:Cu(I)) nanocrystals into heterostructured nanocrystals consisting of monoclinic Cu_1.94S and wurtzite ZnS just by controlling the molar ratios of zinc acetylacetonate (Zn(acac)₂) to copper acetylacetonate (Cu(acac)₂) in the mixture of n-dodecanethiol (DDT) and 1-octadecene (ODE). Accompanying the composition transformation, the crystal phase of ZnS is changed from cubic zinc blende to hexagonal wurtzite. Depending on the synthetic parameters including the reaction time, temperature, and the feeding ratios of Zn/Cu precursors, the morphology of the as-obtained heterostructured nanocrystals can be controlled in the forms of taper-like, matchstick-like, tadpole-like, or rod-like. Interestingly, when the molar ratio of Cu(acac)₂ to Zn(acac)₂ is increased to 9:1, the crystal phase of the products is transformed from monoclinic Cu_1.94S to the mixed phase composed of cubic Cu_1.8S and tetragonal Cu_1.81S as the reaction time is further prolonged. The crystal-phase transformation results in the morphological change from quasi-spherical to rice shape due to the incorporation of Zn ions into the Cu_1.94S matrix. This method provides a simple but highly reproducible approach for synthesis of Cu(I)-doped nanocrystals and heterostructured nanocrystals, which are potentially useful in the fabrication of optoelectronic devices.