Colloidal Silicon-Germanium Nanorod Heterostructures

Colloidal nanorods with axial Si and Ge heterojunction segments were produced by solution-liquid-solid (SLS) growth using Sn as a seed metal and trisilane and diphenylgermane as Si and Ge reactants. The low solubility of Si and Ge in Sn helps to generate abrupt Si-Ge heterojunction interfaces. To co...

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Autores: Lu, Xiaotang, De La Mata, Maria|||0000-0002-1581-4838, Arbiol i Cobos, Jordi|||0000-0002-0695-1726, Korgel, Brian A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:216239
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/216239
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03868
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Colloidal nanorods
Diphenylgermane
Interfacial misfit dislocations
Liquid solids
Reaction byproducts
Si-Ge heterojunction
Side reactions
Silicon Germanium
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Sumario:Colloidal nanorods with axial Si and Ge heterojunction segments were produced by solution-liquid-solid (SLS) growth using Sn as a seed metal and trisilane and diphenylgermane as Si and Ge reactants. The low solubility of Si and Ge in Sn helps to generate abrupt Si-Ge heterojunction interfaces. To control the composition of the nanorods, it was also necessary to limit an undesired side reaction between the Ge reaction byproduct tetraphenylgermane and trisilane. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals that the Si-Ge interfaces are epitaxial, which gives rise to a significant amount of bond strain resulting in interfacial misfit dislocations that nucleate stacking faults in the nanorods.