Nanocrystal shape and nanojunction effects on electron transport in nanocrystal-assembled bulks

Shao Chien Chiu, Jia Sin Jhang, Yen Fu Lin, Shih-Ying Hsu, Jiye Fang, Wen-Bin Jian*

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Abstract

Bulk nanostructured materials are made from the assembly of octahedral PbSe nanocrystals. After thermal annealing, the artificial bulk demonstrates a large difference in behavior depending on the temperature, and a large variation of room-temperature resistivity of up to seven orders of magnitude. This variation originates from the high-indexed sharp edges of the octahedral nanocrystals. As the nanocrystals are arranged in the edge-to-edge configuration, which was observed in scanning electron microscopy images, the inter-nanocrystal capacitance is small due to the small parallel area between the nanocrystals. The small capacitance results in a high thermal fluctuation voltage and drives electron transport. The temperature-dependent resistivity and the electric field-dependent current are highly in agreement with the model of fluctuation-induced tunneling conduction. Thermal annealing reduces the inter-nanocrystal separation distance, creating a large variation in the electrical properties. Specifically, octahedral-shaped PbSe nanocrystals are employed in tailoring the electron transport in bulk nanostructured materials.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)8555-8559
Number of pages5
JournalNanoscale
Volume5
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Sep 2013

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