One-pot synthesis of new-phase AgInSe2 nanorods

Meng T Ng; Chris B Boothroyd; Jagadese J Vittal

doi:10.1021/ja060543u

One-pot synthesis of new-phase AgInSe2 nanorods

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Jun 7;128(22):7118-9. doi: 10.1021/ja060543u.

Authors

Meng T Ng¹, Chris B Boothroyd, Jagadese J Vittal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543.

PMID: 16734438
DOI: 10.1021/ja060543u

Abstract

AgInSe2 nanorods with a previously unknown orthorhombic phase isostructural to AgInS2 have been prepared by the thermolysis of [(PPh3)2AgIn(SeC{O}Ph)4] in a mixture of oleylamine (OA) and dodecanethiol (DT) at 185 degrees C. A systematic study indicates that the ratio of surfactants is crucial for obtaining both monodispersed nanorods and the new orthorhombic phase AgInSe2. The AgInSe2 nanorods have been characterized by TEM, XRPD, EDX, and XPS.