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Application of Aqueous-Based Covalent Crosslinking Strategies to the Formation of Metal Chalcogenide Gels and Aerogels

  • Indika K. Hewavitharana and Stephanie L. Brock EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: April 25, 2018
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 232 Issue 9-11

Abstract

An aqueous-based metal ion crosslinking approach for assembly of metal chalcogenide nanoparticles (NPs) into robust gels is reported. Short chalcogenide ligands (S2−) undergo crosslinking with metal salts (Sn4+) to form a gel [NP/S2−/Sn4+]n (NP=PbTe, PbS, CdS, CdSe). The corresponding aerogel networks retain the crystallinity and quantum confinement effects of the native building blocks while achieving excellent porosity [Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface areas of 160–238 m2/g]. Treatment of sulfide-capped PbTe nanoparticles with an excess of Sn4+ leads to ion exchange and formation of an amorphous “SnTe” gel.

Keywords: aqueous medium; ion-exchange; metal ion crosslinking; porosity; quantum dots; surface area

Dedicated to Alexander Eychmüller on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Acknowledgments

We thank the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for support of this work via CHE-1709776. This work made use of the following instrumentation supported by NSF awards: JEOL 2010 TEM (NSF-0216084), PXRD facility (NSF-1427926).

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Received: 2018-03-01
Accepted: 2018-03-10
Published Online: 2018-04-25
Published in Print: 2018-08-28

©2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2018-1171
Keywords for this article
aqueous medium; ion-exchange; metal ion crosslinking; porosity; quantum dots; surface area

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