Telluride semiconductor nanocrystals: progress on their liquid-phase synthesis and applications

Preparation and characterization of nanostructured Fe-doped CoTe2 electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

“…Among them, the hydrothermal method has many advantages in the preparation of nanomaterials, such as high purity of the product phase, high crystallinity and low cost. 30 Several strategies have been proposed to effectively improve the catalytic activity of transition metal-based compounds. For example, nanostructures with a large specific surface area are able to expose more catalytically active sites; both doping other transition metal elements and building heterojunction structures are proven ways to modulate the electronic state and enhance the catalytic performance.…”

Unravelling the role of triisopropylphosphane telluride in Ag(i) complexes

“…9 These features have led to their application as Te 0 carriers, enabling the formation of multiple-sized clusters 10 or semiconductor materials. 11 Consequently, they have emerged as a promising source of elemental telluride in various electronic applications, particularly in the production of a wide range of semiconducting metal telluride nanomaterials, ranging from nanotubes to dendritic structures. 12…”

Maneuvering Tellurium Chemistry to Design Metal–Telluride Heterostructures for Diverse Applications

“…However, since the beginning of the 21st century, tellurium or telluride-based nanocrystals have attracted a higher level of interest due to their reduced environmental and health impact; plasmonic, transport, and catalytic properties; efficient photoconducting and thermoelectric properties; and applications in medicine, batteries, piezo-electric devices, and solar panels. ,− Metal–telluride nanocrystals exhibit intriguing properties mainly due to the electronic structure of tellurium, which has six electrons in the outer shell with a 5s 2 5p 4 configuration in which two electrons are paired in the s-orbital occupying the lower energy level but four electrons are distributed between three p-orbitals. , Tellurium is less electronegative and has smaller electron affinity in comparison to sulfur and selenium. Due to this, it exhibits metalloid type properties and demonstrates nonideal formation and crystallization abilities.…”