Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
5 years ago

Heterovalent Doping in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Cation-Exchange-Enabled New Accesses to Tuning Dopant Luminescence and Electronic Impurities

Heterovalent Doping in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Cation-Exchange-Enabled New Accesses to Tuning Dopant Luminescence and Electronic Impurities
Meng Xu, Jia Liu, Jian Liu, Jiajia Liu, Bing Bai, Jiatao Zhang, Qiumei Di
Heterovalent doping in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (CSNCs), with provisions of extra electrons (n-type doping) or extra holes (p-type doping), could enhance their performance of optical and electronical properties. In view of the challenges imposed by the intrinsic self-purification, self-quenching, and self-compensation effects of CSNCs, we outline the progress on heterovalent doping in CSNCs, with particular focus on the cation-exchange-enabled tuning of dopant luminescence and electronic impurities. Thus, the well-defined substitutional or interstitial heterovalent doping in a deep position of an isolated nanocrystal has been fulfilled. We also envision that new coordination ligand-initiated cation exchange would bring about more choices of heterovalent dopants. With the aid of high-resolution characterization methods, the accurate atom-specific dopant location and distribution could be confirmed clearly. Finally, new applications, some of the remaining unanswered questions, and future directions of this field are presented.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00351

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00351

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