Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures

Semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures with precisely controlled compositions and morphologies are of great importance for various applications in optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, and catalysis. Until now, various kinds of epitaxial heterostructures have been constructed. In th...

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Main Authors: Chen, Junze, Ma, Qinglang, Wu, Xue-Jun, Li, Liuxiao, Liu, Jiawei, Zhang, Hua
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1441512023-07-14T15:59:14Z Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures Chen, Junze Ma, Qinglang Wu, Xue-Jun Li, Liuxiao Liu, Jiawei Zhang, Hua School of Materials Science and Engineering ITC via Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong Engineering::Materials Heterostructure Nanoarchitecture Semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures with precisely controlled compositions and morphologies are of great importance for various applications in optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, and catalysis. Until now, various kinds of epitaxial heterostructures have been constructed. In this minireview, we will first introduce the synthesis of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures by wet-chemical methods. Various architectures based on different kinds of seeds or templates are illustrated, and their growth mechanisms are discussed in detail. Then, the applications of epitaxial heterostructures in optoelectronics, catalysis, and thermoelectrics are described. Finally, we provide some challenges and personal perspectives for the future research directions of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures. Ministry of Education (MOE) Published version This work was supported by MOE under AcRF Tier 2 (ARC 19/15, No. MOE2014-T2-2-093; MOE2015T2-2-057; MOE2016-T2-2-103; MOE2017-T2-1-162) and AcRF Tier 1 (2016-T1-001-147; 2016-T1-002-051; 2017-T1001-150; 2017-T1-002-119) and NTU under Start-Up Grant (M4081296.070.500000) in Singapore. We would like to acknowl‑ edge the Facility for Analysis, Characterization, Testing and Simu‑ lation, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for use of their electron microscopy (and/or X-ray) facilities. Hua Zhang thanks the support from ITC via Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, and the Start-Up Grant from City University of Hong Kong. 2020-10-16T02:44:04Z 2020-10-16T02:44:04Z 2019 Journal Article Chen, J., Ma, Q., Wu, X.-J., Li, L., Liu, J., & Zhang, H. (2019). Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures. Nano-Micro Letters, 11(1), 86-. doi:10.1007/s40820-019-0317-6 2311-6706 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144151 10.1007/s40820-019-0317-6 1 11 86 en AcRF Tier 2 ARC 19/15 MOE2014-T2-2-093 MOE2015-T2-2-057 MOE2016-T2-2-103 MOE2017-T2-1-162 AcRF Tier 1 2016-T1-001-147 AcRF Tier 1 2016-T1-002-051 AcRF Tier 1 2017-T1-001-150 AcRF Tier 1 2017-T1-002-119 NTU Start-Up Grant (M4081296.070.500000) Nano-Micro Letters © 2019 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. application/pdf
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topic Engineering::Materials
Heterostructure
Nanoarchitecture
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Heterostructure
Nanoarchitecture
Chen, Junze
Ma, Qinglang
Wu, Xue-Jun
Li, Liuxiao
Liu, Jiawei
Zhang, Hua
Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures
description Semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures with precisely controlled compositions and morphologies are of great importance for various applications in optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, and catalysis. Until now, various kinds of epitaxial heterostructures have been constructed. In this minireview, we will first introduce the synthesis of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures by wet-chemical methods. Various architectures based on different kinds of seeds or templates are illustrated, and their growth mechanisms are discussed in detail. Then, the applications of epitaxial heterostructures in optoelectronics, catalysis, and thermoelectrics are described. Finally, we provide some challenges and personal perspectives for the future research directions of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures.
author2 School of Materials Science and Engineering
author_facet School of Materials Science and Engineering
Chen, Junze
Ma, Qinglang
Wu, Xue-Jun
Li, Liuxiao
Liu, Jiawei
Zhang, Hua
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author Chen, Junze
Ma, Qinglang
Wu, Xue-Jun
Li, Liuxiao
Liu, Jiawei
Zhang, Hua
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title Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures
title_short Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures
title_full Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures
title_fullStr Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures
title_full_unstemmed Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures
title_sort wet-chemical synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanomaterial-based epitaxial heterostructures
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