Mechanisms of the Shape Evolution of CdSe Nanocrystals

作者：Zhe Peng, Xiaogang Peng · 发表于：Journal of the American Chemical Society · 年份：2001 · DOI：10.1021/ja0027766 · 被引用次数：1277 · 研究领域：Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties、Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films、Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

The temporal shape evolution of CdSe quantum confined nanorods (quantum rods) in nonaqueous solvents with organometallic precursors was studied quantitatively and systematically. The experimental results revealed three distinguishable stages in the shape evolution. At high monomer concentrations, nanocrystals grow exclusively along the c -axis of the wurtzite structure, making this axis the long axis of the rods. At intermediate concentrations, nanocrystals grow simultaneously in three dimensions. At low monomer concentrations, the aspect ratio decreases in a process controlled by intraparticle diffusion on the surface of the nanocrystals. This intraparticle ripening stage is different from normal Ostwald ripening, which occurs at lower monomer concentrations and is by monomer migration from small to larger ones. Addition of hexylphosphonic acid or tetradecylphosphonic acid, strong cadmium ligands, is important mainly because it enables the high monomer concentrations needed for the growth of quantum rods. A simple model is proposed to explain the growth of faceted CdSe nanocrystals on the basis of diffusion control.