In the synthesis of CuInS2 quantum dots (QDs), the halide ions present in the copper salts influence the QD growth and optical properties. X-ray absorption spectroscopy allowed rationalizing the halide incorporation in the lattice and the dependence of electronic properties of the material on the ion's polarizability and interaction with hydrophobic moieties.
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Molecules
December 2024
Department of Pharmacy and Interuniversity Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides (CIRPeB), University of Naples "Federico II", Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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January 2025
Clausius Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany.
The carpet growth of alkali halide (AH) layers across step edges of substrates enables the growth of seamless and continuous large domains. Yet, information about how the AH layer adapts continuously to the height difference between the terraces on the two sides of a step is only described by continuum models, which do not give details of the ionic displacements. Here, we present a first study of thin epitaxial KCl(100) layers grown on the Ag(111) surface by scanning tunneling microscopy that provides atomistic details for the first time.
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January 2025
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States.
In halide perovskites, photocarriers can have strong polaronic interactions with point defects. For iodide-deficient MAPbI, we found that the Fermi level can shift significantly by 0.6-0.
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January 2025
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China.
Effective modifications for the buried interface between self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and perovskites are vital for the development of efficient, stable inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and their tandem photovoltaics. Herein, an ionic-liquid-SAM hybrid strategy is developed to synergistically optimize the uniformity of SAMs and the crystallization of perovskites above. Specifically, an ionic liquid of 1-butyl-3-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-iumbis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)amide (BMIMTFSI) is incorporated into the SAM solution, enabling reduced surface roughness, improved wettability, and a more evenly distributed surface potential of the SAM film.
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January 2025
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
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