Investigation of Indium Phosphide Nanocrystal Synthesis Using a High-Temperature and High-Pressure Continuous Flow Microreactor

Chemistry Platform for the Ultrafast Continuous Synthesis of High-Quality III-V Quantum Dots

A chemistry platform for the fast continuous synthesis of III-V quantum dots is demonstrated. III-nitride QDs are prepared by using short residence times (less than 30 s) in a one-step continuous process with supercritical solvents. GaN QDs prepared via this route exhibit strong UV photoluminescence with a structuring of the emission signal at low temperature (5 K), confirming their high quality. An example of metal site substitution is given with the synthesis of In_x Ga_1-x N solid solution. A continuous bandgap shift towards lower energies is demonstrated when increasing the indium content with strong photoluminescence signals from UV to visible. The chemistry platform proposed could be easily extrapolated to binary and ternary III phosphides or arsenides with the homologous V source.

Continuous synthesis of CuInS2 quantum dots

The impact of reactor type on synthesis parameters and disperse properties.

Growth and Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion of Wurtzite Indium Phosphide Nanowire Arrays

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen is a promising strategy to absorb solar energy and directly convert it into a dense storage medium in the form of chemical bonds. The continual development and improvement of individual components of PEC systems is critical toward increasing the solar to fuel efficiency of prototype devices. Within this context, we describe a study on the growth of wurtzite indium phosphide (InP) nanowire (NW) arrays on silicon substrates and their subsequent implementation as light-absorbing photocathodes in PEC cells. The high onset potential (0.6 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode) and photocurrent (18 mA/cm(2)) of the InP photocathodes render them as promising building blocks for high performance PEC cells. As a proof of concept for overall system integration, InP photocathodes were combined with a nanoporous bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) photoanode to generate an unassisted solar water splitting efficiency of 0.5%.

Continuous flow purification of nanocrystal quantum dots

Colloidal quantum dot (QD) purification is typically conducted via repeating precipitation-redispersion involving massive amounts of organic solvents and has been the main obstacle in mass production of QDs with dependable surface properties. Our results show that the electric field apparently affects the streamlining of QDs and that we could continuously collect stably dispersed QDs by the electrophoretic purification process. The purification yield increases as the electric potential difference increases or the flow rate decreases, but reaches an asymptotic value. The yield can be further improved by raising the absolute magnitude of the mobility of QDs with the addition of solvents with high dielectric constants. The continuous purification process sheds light on industrial production of colloidal nanomaterials.

Rapid and efficient trifluoromethylation of aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds using potassium trifluoroacetate enabled by a flow system

Going to the source: The trifluoromethylation of aryl/heteroaryl iodides has been demonstrated using a flow system, thus enabling a rapid rate of reaction. A broad spectrum of trifluoromethylated compounds was prepared in good to excellent yields using CF3 CO2 K as the trifluoromethyl source. The process has the advantage of short reaction times and uses convenient [CF3 ] sources.