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Template-guided sodium intercalation enables phase-pure alkali metal-based ternary chalcogenides nanocrystals
Niraj Nitish Patil1, Hannah McKeever1, Monika Ahlawat1
1Department of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland. Shalini.Singh@ul.ie.
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Alkali metal-based ternary chalcogenides are promising materials which remain synthetically underexplored. Here, a template-based strategy enables synthesis of colloidal NaInS2 and NaIn3Se5 nanocrystals. Mechanistic insights reveal sodium intercalation as a predictive route to phase-pure ABZ nanocrystals.
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