In the present study, we report a simple method to prepare indium(III)
selenide (In2Se3) nanocubes synthesized by laser
ablation in aqueous medium. The morphological characterization carried
out using field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveal that the nanocubes have
an average size of 70 nm. X-ray diffraction and Raman analysis clearly
imply formation of pure and crystalline In2Se3 phases only, without any impurity phases, despite laser ablation
being carried out in aqueous medium. In addition, the field emission
and charge carrier behavior of In2Se3 nanocubes
have been investigated. The laser-ablated sample shows a cubical morphology
having a 70 nm average particle size. The ultrafast transient absorption
spectroscopy (UTAS) suggests the slow decay behavior of charge carriers
and an increase in the trap state levels after laser ablation, in
contrast to the untreated bulk sample. Surprisingly, the In2Se3 nanocubes on a carbon tape emitter exhibits superior
FE properties characterized by lower values of turn-on and threshold
fields as compared to In2Se3 nanowire emitters
and the ability to deliver very large current density ∼2656
μA/cm2 by applying a field of 9.7 V/μm. Furthermore,
the In2Se3 nanocube emitter showed very good
emission stability at the pre-set value 10 μA over a duration
of 5 h. The superior FE characteristics of the In2Se3 nanocube emitter is attributed to unique morphology characterized
by nanometric cubes and improved electrical properties, as revealed
by UTAS analysis. The observed results imply the potential of In2Se3 nanocube emitters for practical applications
in vacuum nano-microelectronic devices.
We report a simple method to prepare indium(III) selenide (In2Se3) nanocubes by means of laser ablation in aqueous medium. The morphological characterization revealed that the nanocubes have an average size of 70 nm and XRD and micro-Raman analysis revealed that there was no phase change upon laser ablation The detailed study on ultrafast charge carrier dynamis of In2Se3 nanocubes have been performed comparing with that of bulk In2Se3 before laser ablation treatment. The density increase in intermediate trap states upon laser ablation was clarified, in which carriers have a long lifetime near the conduction band [1]. Furthermore, by making hybrid structures using plasmonic gold nanoparticles and metal oxide semiconductors based on hydrothermal process and laser ablation in the liquid method, we could prolong carrier lifetime and enhance photocatalytic reactivity under visible light irradiation. Detailed charge transfer dynamics regarding the electron transfer time and energy relaxation across the nano-interfaces will be presented.
Reference
1. Siddhant Dhongade, Pallavi R. Mutadak, Amol B. Deore, Mahendra A. More, Akihiro Furube, and Pankaj Koinkar, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 9749−9758
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