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Ligand effects on electronic and optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional PbS necking percolative superlattices

Show Author's Information Man Zhao1,§,  Defang Ding1,§,  Fangxu Yang3,  Dawei Wang1,  Jiawei Lv1,  Wenping Hu3,  Chenguang Lu1,2( ),  Zhiyong Tang1,2( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceNational Center for Nanoscience and TechnologyBeijing100190China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences19 A Yuquan Rd, Shijingshan DistrictBeijing100049China
Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, School of ScienceTianjin University & Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and EngineeringTianjin300072China

§ These authors contributed equally to this work.

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nanocrystals, mobility, ligand, necking percolative superlattices, trap states
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Zhao M, Ding D, Yang F, et al. Ligand effects on electronic and optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional PbS necking percolative superlattices. Nano Research, 2017, 10(4): 1249-1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1351-z
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The inter-nanocrystal (NC) distance, necking degree, ordering level, and NC surface ligands all affect the electronic and optoelectronic properties of NC solids. Herein, we introduce a unique PbS structure of necking percolative superlattices to exclude the morphological factors and study the effect of ligands on the NC properties. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data indicate that 1, 2-ethanedithiol (EDT), oxalic acid, mercaptopropionic acid, and NH4SCN (SCN) ligands were attached to the surface of NCs by substrate-supported ligand exchange. Field-effect transistors were tested and photodetector measurements were performed to compare these NC solids. An SCN-treated film had the highest mobility and responsivity under high-power intensity irradiation owing to its high carrier density, whereas an EDT-treated film had the lowest mobility, photocurrent, and dark current. These findings introduce new avenues for choosing suitable ligands for NC applications.


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Ligand effects on electronic and optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional PbS necking percolative superlattices

Show Author's information Man Zhao1,§, Defang Ding1,§, Fangxu Yang3, Dawei Wang1, Jiawei Lv1, Wenping Hu3, Chenguang Lu1,2( ), Zhiyong Tang1,2( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceNational Center for Nanoscience and TechnologyBeijing100190China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences19 A Yuquan Rd, Shijingshan DistrictBeijing100049China
Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, School of ScienceTianjin University & Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and EngineeringTianjin300072China

§ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

The inter-nanocrystal (NC) distance, necking degree, ordering level, and NC surface ligands all affect the electronic and optoelectronic properties of NC solids. Herein, we introduce a unique PbS structure of necking percolative superlattices to exclude the morphological factors and study the effect of ligands on the NC properties. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data indicate that 1, 2-ethanedithiol (EDT), oxalic acid, mercaptopropionic acid, and NH4SCN (SCN) ligands were attached to the surface of NCs by substrate-supported ligand exchange. Field-effect transistors were tested and photodetector measurements were performed to compare these NC solids. An SCN-treated film had the highest mobility and responsivity under high-power intensity irradiation owing to its high carrier density, whereas an EDT-treated film had the lowest mobility, photocurrent, and dark current. These findings introduce new avenues for choosing suitable ligands for NC applications.

Keywords: nanocrystals, mobility, ligand, necking percolative superlattices, trap states

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Received: 26 September 2016
Revised: 24 October 2016
Accepted: 28 October 2016
Published: 29 November 2016
Issue date: April 2017

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This work was supported financially by Chinese ministry of science and technology (No. 2016YFA0200700), National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2014CB931801, Z. Y. T.), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21473044, C. G. L.; Nos. 21475029 and 91427302, Z. Y. T.), Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. YZ201311, Z. Y. T.), CAS-CSIRO Cooperative Research Program (No. GJHZ1503, Z. Y. T.), and "Strategic Priority Research Program" of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA09040100, Z. Y. T.).

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