Facile Synthesis of Germanium Nanocrystals and Their Application in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photodetectors

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 23; no. 32; pp. 3704 - 3707
• Main Authors: Xue, Ding-Jiang, Wang, Jian-Jun, Wang, Yong-Qing, Xin, Sen, Guo, Yu-Guo, Wan, Li-Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 23.08.2011; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: germanium; Germanium - chemistry; hybrid photodetectors; Materials Testing; Metal Nanoparticles - chemistry; nanocrystals; Organometallic Compounds - chemical synthesis; Organometallic Compounds - chemistry; P3HT; Particle Size; Photochemistry; Photometry - instrumentation; Semiconductors; Surface Properties; Thiophenes - chemistry

A solution‐based method is developed for the synthesis of colloidal Ge nanocrystals (NCs), which directly grow from germanium(II) bromide in an oleylamine solution with no extra reducing agents. Hybrid photodetectors based on the NCs and poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) show promise for large‐area appl...