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Designable heteronanocrystals via interface redox reaction

Show Author's Information Zhihua Li1( ),  Yang Li1,§,  Nannan Luo1,§,  Yuanyuan Qie1,§,  Dingyi Yang2,§,  Guowei Cao1,  Yuxiang Liu1,  Ying Fu1,  Na Li1,  Wen Hu2,  Min Zhang1,  Rusen Yang2( ),  Bo Tang1( )
College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Molecular and Nano Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126, China

§ Yang Li, Nannan Luo, Yuanyuan Qie, and Dingyi Yang contributed equally to this work.

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The synergistic interaction of different components in heteronanocrystals induces interfacial phenomena and novel functionalities. Nonetheless, effective technologies to design and fabricate heteronanocrystals with materials on demand are still missing. Rich heterostructures in a copper patina are known to form at room temperature and under atmospheric pressure. The redox process of copper tarnish inspired the discovery of a simple strategy to achieve heteronanocrystals that contained elements from group 3–11 and group 14–16. The interface redox-induced method is self-regulating at ambient conditions and applicable for metal, semiconductor, and dielectric materials. The enhanced interface bonding endows the heteronanocrystals with outstanding stability and catalytic performance, while the modular approach enables the design and fabrication of heteronanocrystals with intended materials to meet different purposes.


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Designable heteronanocrystals via interface redox reaction

Show Author's information Zhihua Li1( ), Yang Li1,§, Nannan Luo1,§, Yuanyuan Qie1,§, Dingyi Yang2,§, Guowei Cao1, Yuxiang Liu1, Ying Fu1, Na Li1, Wen Hu2, Min Zhang1, Rusen Yang2( ), Bo Tang1( )
College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Molecular and Nano Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126, China

§ Yang Li, Nannan Luo, Yuanyuan Qie, and Dingyi Yang contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

The synergistic interaction of different components in heteronanocrystals induces interfacial phenomena and novel functionalities. Nonetheless, effective technologies to design and fabricate heteronanocrystals with materials on demand are still missing. Rich heterostructures in a copper patina are known to form at room temperature and under atmospheric pressure. The redox process of copper tarnish inspired the discovery of a simple strategy to achieve heteronanocrystals that contained elements from group 3–11 and group 14–16. The interface redox-induced method is self-regulating at ambient conditions and applicable for metal, semiconductor, and dielectric materials. The enhanced interface bonding endows the heteronanocrystals with outstanding stability and catalytic performance, while the modular approach enables the design and fabrication of heteronanocrystals with intended materials to meet different purposes.

Keywords: heteronanocrystals, interface redox-induced synthesis, modular approach

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Received: 03 September 2022
Revised: 18 October 2022
Accepted: 19 October 2022
Published: 12 January 2023
Issue date: April 2023

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Acknowledgements

The authors express their thanks to the support from the following: the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21541014, 21927811, 52192610, and 51973170), National Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2018MB006), National Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (Nos. 2019JCW-17 and 2020JCW-15), and Development and Planning Guide Foundation of Xidian University (No. 21103200005).

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