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Controlling the lateral and vertical dimensions of Bi2Se3 nanoplates via seeded growth

Awei Zhuang1,§Yuzhou Zhao1,§Xianli Liu1Mingrui Xu1Youcheng Wang1Unyong Jeong2( )Xiaoping Wang1Jie Zeng1( )
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCollaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and TechnologyCenter of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN-USTC) & Department of Chemical PhysicsUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei Anhui230026P. R. China
Department of Materials Science and EngineeringYonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong, SeoulKorea

§ These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Abstract

Modulation of the morphology of nanostructures is often a rewarding but challenging task. We have employed the seeded growth method and induced kinetic control to synthesize Bi2Se3 nanoplates with modifiable morphology. By manipulating the rate at which precursor solutions were injected into seeds solution with syringe pumps, two distinctive growth modes could be realized. With a fast injection, the thickness of Bi2Se3 nanoplates slightly increased from ~7.5 nm (seeds) to ~9.5 nm while the edge length grew up from ~160 nm (seeds) to ~12 μm, after 6 successive rounds of seeded growth. With a slow injection, the thickness and edge length increased simultaneously to ~35 nm and ~6 μm after 6 rounds of growth, respectively. These two modes could be viewed as a competition between atomic deposition and surface migration. The products showed interesting, thickness-dependent Raman properties. In addition, NIR transparent, highly conductive and flexible Bi2Se3 thin films with different thicknesses were constructed by the assembly of the as-synthesized Bi2Se3 nanoplates. This approach based on seeded growth and kinetic control can significantly promote the development of versatile nanostructures with diverse morphology.

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Zhuang A, Zhao Y, Liu X, et al. Controlling the lateral and vertical dimensions of Bi2Se3 nanoplates via seeded growth. Nano Research, 2015, 8(1): 246-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0657-y
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Received: 14 September 2014
Revised: 26 November 2014
Accepted: 27 November 2014
Published: 20 December 2014
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