Optimized Cation Exchange for Mercury Chalcogenide 2D Nanoplatelets and its Application for Alloys.
Corentin Dabard a b, Sandrine Ithurria b, Emmanuel Lhuillier a
a Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, F-75005 Paris, France.
b LPEM, Laboratoire de Physique et d’Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI-ParisTech, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of nanoGe Spring Meeting 2022 (NSM22)
#SNI22. Semiconductor Nanocrystals I: Basic Science (synthesis, spectroscopy, electronic structure, device and application)
Online, Spain, 2022 March 7th - 11th
Organizers: Emmanuel Lhuillier, Sandrine Ithurria and Angshuman Nag
Contributed talk, Corentin Dabard, presentation 102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nsm.2022.102
Publication date: 7th February 2022

Two-dimensional nanoplatelets (NPLs) of II-VI semiconductors exhibit the narrowest optical features among nanocrystals. Despite the great maturity of cadmium based NPLs, their optical properties are limited by the band gap of the bulk material. To push toward infra-red wavelength, mercury-based NPLs are good candidates as they keep narrow optical properties[1].

To obtain such material, only cation exchange is yet available. However, this procedure leads to the creation of structure defects and to the degradation of the optical properties. In this context, we developed an optimized procedure for cation exchange and rationalized the role of the solvent, the temperature and the ligands during this process. This optimized procedure has then been applied to Cd-based alloys of CdSexTe1-x to obtain HgSexTe1-x NPLs of 3MLs with photoluminescence for every composition. Using UV-visible and X-ray spectroscopy, the evolution of the band alignment according to the composition has been established revealing a crossover from n- to p-type behavior as the Te content increases in HgSexTe1-x NPLs. In parallel, this trend has also been observed in time-resolved photoemission measurements.

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