Au@HgxCd1-xTe core@shell nanorods by sequential aqueous cation exchange for near-infrared photodetectors

Li, X., Iqbal, M.A., Xu, M., Wang, Y.-C., Wang, H., Ji, M., Wan, X., Slater, T.J.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-1551, Liu, J., Liu, J., Rong, H., Chen, W., Kershaw, S.V., Haigh, S.J., Rogach, A.L., Xie, L. and Zhang, J. 2019. Au@HgxCd1-xTe core@shell nanorods by sequential aqueous cation exchange for near-infrared photodetectors. Nano Energy 57 , pp. 57-65. 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.030

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Abstract

We have explored the synthesis of Au@HgxCd1-xTe core@shell nanorods by sequential aqueous cation exchange (ACE) for near-infrared photodetector application. A number of related Au@telluride core/shell nanorod structures were put forwarded, taking advantage of multi-step transformations through a binary and then a ternary phase for the telluride shells. The latter have a high degree of crystallinity thanks to the step-wise ACE method. The use of only trace amounts of Cd2+ coordinated with tri-n-butylphosphine, assisted the phase transformation from an amorphous Ag2Te shell to a highly crystalline Ag3AuTe2 shell in the first stage; this was followed by a further cation exchange (CE) step with far higher Cd2+ levels to fabricate a highly crystalline CdTe shell, and with an additional CE with Hg2+ to convert it to a HgxCd1-xTe shell. The composition of the shell components and the well-controlled thickness of the shells enabled tunable surface plasmon resonance properties of the Au@telluride nanorods in the NIR region. Utilizing the enhanced NIR absorption, a hybrid photodetector structure of Au@HgxCd1-xTe nanorods on graphene was fabricated, showing visible to NIR (vis-NIR) broadband detection with high photoresponsivity (~106 A/W).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISBN:	22112855
ISSN:	2211-2855
Date of Acceptance:	10 December 2018
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 10:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147190

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