Solution-Phase Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Iron Phosphide Nanorods/Nanowires

Cheng Qian; Franklin Kim; Lei Ma; Frank Tsui; Peidong Yang; Jie Liu

doi:10.1021/ja038401c

Solution-Phase Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Iron Phosphide Nanorods/Nanowires

Cheng Qian
, Franklin Kim
, Lei Ma
, Frank Tsui
, Peidong Yang
, Jie Liu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A solution-phase route for the preparation of single-crystalline iron phosphide nanorods and nanowires is reported. We have shown that the mixture of trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and trioctylphosphine (TOP), which are commonly used as the solvents for semiconductor nanocrystal synthesis, is not entirely inert. In the current process, TOP, serving as phosphor source, reacts with Fe precursors to form FeP nanostructures with large aspect ratios. In addition, the experimental results show that both TOP and TOPO are necessary for the formation of FeP nanowires and their ratio appears to control the morphology of the produced FeP structures. A possible growth mechanism is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1195-1198
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	126
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja038401c
State	Published - 4 Feb 2004
Externally published	Yes

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