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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Redox reactions on semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dot (QD) surfaces are crucial for charge trapping and photoinduced charge transfer.
  • Measuring and controlling these surface redox potentials is challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for controlling and measuring the redox potentials of QD surfaces.
  • To investigate the role of ligands in tuning QD surface properties for charge storage and electronic doping.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized monoanionic metal carbonyl complexes as electronically tunable X-type ligands for CdSe and CdS QDs.
  • Employed IR spectroscopy to monitor C-O stretching vibrations for quantitative measurement of anion dissociation and QD surface reduction.
  • Performed spectral redox titrations and spectroelectrochemical experiments.

Main Results:

  • Coordination of more Lewis basic anions shifted QD surface reduction potentials to more negative values, covering over 1 V range.
  • Demonstrated that complexation energies are key to controlling surface charge storage.
  • Showcased anion exchange as a method to control chemical surface reduction and photochemical electronic doping in CdSe QDs.

Conclusions:

  • Metal carbonyl complexes offer a versatile platform for tuning QD surface redox potentials.
  • Ligand complexation energy is a critical factor in managing charge storage in QDs.
  • This approach is generalizable to various QD materials and ligands for tailored electronic properties.