Phosphine-free synthesis of FeTe2 nanoparticles and self-assembly into tree-like nanoarchitectures

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab3b51

Abstract Manipulating the self-assembly of transition metal telluride nanocrystals (NCs) creates opportunities for exploring new properties and device applications. Iron ditelluride (FeTe₂) has recently emerged as a new class of magnetic semiconductor with three-dimensional (3D) magnetic ordering and narrow band gap structure, yet the self-assembly of FeTe₂ NCs has not been achieved. Herein, the tree-like FeTe₂ nanoarchitectures with orthorhombic crystal structure have been successfully synthesized by hot-injection solvent thermal approach using phosphine-free Te precursor. The morphology, size, and crystal structure have been investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), and powder x-ray diffraction (XRD). We study the formation process of tree-like FeTe₂ NCs according to trace the change of the sample morphology with the reaction time. It was found that the FeTe₂ nanoparticles show oriented aggregation and self-assembly behavior with the increase of reaction time, which is attributed to size-dependent magnetism properties of the samples. The magnetic interaction is thought to be the driving force of nanoparticle self-organization.

Keywords: self-assembly transition metal tellurides phosphine-free Te precursor tree-like nanoarchitectures

Received: 14 June 2019
Revised: 30 July 2019
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PACS:	64.75.Yz	(Self-assembly)
	81.07.-b	(Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11874027) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 2019T120233 and 2017M621198).

Corresponding Authors: Xiaoli Huang, Xinyi Yang
E-mail: huangxiaoli@jlu.edu.cn;yangxinyi@jlu.edu.cn

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Hongyu Wang(王红宇), Min Wu(武敏), Yixuan Wang(王艺璇), Hao Wang(王浩), Xiaoli Huang(黄晓丽), Xinyi Yang(杨新一) Phosphine-free synthesis of FeTe₂ nanoparticles and self-assembly into tree-like nanoarchitectures 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 106401

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