Colloidal chemical bottom-up synthesis routes of pnictogen (As, Sb, Bi) nanostructures with tailored properties and applications: a summary of the state of the art and main insights

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/ce/d0ce01766c" target="_blank" >https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/ce/d0ce01766c</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0CE01766C" target="_blank" >10.1039/D0CE01766C</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Colloidal chemical bottom-up synthesis routes of pnictogen (As, Sb, Bi) nanostructures with tailored properties and applications: a summary of the state of the art and main insights

Original language description

Pnictogens are the chemical elements of group 15 of the periodic table. Such materials have been receiving interest thanks to their semiconducting electronic properties, especially exhibited when possessing a 2D monolayer configuration. In particular, arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) exhibit a metalloid behavior, whereas bismuth (Bi) is considered as a metal. Typically top-down methods, with sonication and liquid-phase exfoliation being prevalent, have been employed to prepare two-dimensional pnictogen nanostructures. Still, bottom-up approaches such as colloidal chemistry are also able to produce nanosheets as well as smaller nanoscale particles of these elements. Such nanoparticles possess remarkable thermoelectric and photocatalytic properties, enabling their use in fields such as photothermal therapy, catalysis, electrocatalysis and sensing. In addition, &apos;wet-chemical&apos; routes, especially those involving organic solvents, often lead to particles with well-defined features such as narrow monodispersity. Therefore in this Highlight we present the chemical bottom-up routes to produce pnictogen (As, Sb, Bi) nanostructures of either spherical or anisotropic shape as well as 2D nanosheets. The relation of the employed synthetic routes with the corresponding properties and the suitability for a range of applications are also discussed in a critical manner. Finally, the synthesis of pnictogen-based intermetallics with a focus on promising materials for electrocatalytic use such as PtBi2 and PdBi2 is also highlighted.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10402 - Inorganic and nuclear chemistry

Project

<a href="/en/project/LL2003" target="_blank" >LL2003: Next Generation of 2D Monoelemental Materials</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

CrystEngComm

ISSN

1466-8033

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

45

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

7876-7898

UT code for WoS article

000720976600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85116879801