Search results for "Chalcogenides"

Bismuth-Catalyzed Growth of SnS2 Nanotubes and Their Stability

2009

Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of the PCP-Bridged Heavy Chalcogen-Centered Monoanions [HC(PPh2E)(PPh2)]− (E = Se, Te) and [HC(PR2E)2]− (E = Se,…

2009

Selenium- and tellurium-containing bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)methane monoanions were prepared by oxidation of the anion [HC(PPh2)2]− with elemental chalcogens. The selenium-containing isopropyl derivative was synthesized by generating [H2C(PiPr2)2] via a reaction between [H2C(PCl2)2] and 4 equiv of iPrMgCl prior to insitu oxidation with selenium followed by deprotonation with LiNiPr2. The solid-state structures of the lithium salts of the monochalcogeno anions TMEDA·Li[HC(PPh2E)(PPh2)] (E = Se (Li7a), E = Te (Li7b)) and the dichalcogeno anions TMEDA·Li[HC(PR2Se)2] (R = Ph (Li8a), iPr (Li8c)) revealed five- and six-membered LiEPCP and LiSePCPSe rings, respectively. The homoleptic group 12 comp…

Theoretical study of cascade laser in erbium-doped chalcogenide glass fibers

2010

International audience; A theoretical investigation of an innovative cascade laser source is performed. The main goal of the work is the design of a continuous-wave (CW) photonic crystal fiber (PCF) laser, based on an erbium-doped chalcogenide glass. Due to the comparable lifetimes of the 4I13/2, 4I11/2 and 4I9/2 erbium energy levels, the simultaneous emissions at the wavelengths close to 2.7 μm and 4.5 μm are obtained with a pump wavelength close to 806 nm (direct pumping into the level 4I9/2). This scheme could be useful to develop high efficiency, high beam-quality and compact Near-IR and Mid-IR oscillators with single-mode output for applications not only in surgery but also in spectros…

Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Contact Ion Pairs Formed by Reactions of the Anions [(EPR2)2N]− (R = iPr, tBu; E = S, Se) with the…

2009

Reactions of the sodium salts [(EPR2)2N]Na(TMEDA) (R = iPr, tBu; E = S, Se) with the iodide salts [(TePR2)2N]I (R = iPr, tBu) in toluene produce the mixed-chalcogen systems [(EPR2)2N][(TePR2)2N] (6b, E = Se, R = tBu; 6c, E = S, R = tBu; 7b, E = Se, R = iPr; 7c, E = S, R = iPr). Compounds 6b, 6c, 7b, and 7c have been characterized in solution by variable-temperature multinuclear (31P, 77Se, and 125Te) NMR spectroscopy and in the solid state by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The structures are comprised of contact ion pairs linked by bonds between Te and S or Se atoms. For the tert-butyl derivatives 6b and 6c, the anionic half of the molecule is coordinated in a bidentate (E,E′) fashio…

Synthesis and characterization of chalcogenide glasses from the system Ga-Ge-Sb-S and preparation of a single-mode fiber at 1.55 μm

2008

International audience; The aim of this work is to study different compositions in the Ga-Ge-Sb-S system for the definition of two compositions compatible with the elaboration of a single-mode fiber at the 1.55 μm telecom wavelength. The variations of the glass transition temperature (Tg), the dilatation coefficient (α) and the refractive index (n) have been studied for two glasses series: GaxGe25−xSb10S65 (series 1), Ga5Ge25−xSb10S60+x (series 2). This study has lead to the choice of the Ga4Ge21Sb10S65 composition as clad glass for the preparation of the single-mode fiber and Ga5Ge20Sb10S65 composition as the core. The discrepancies for the studied parameters between the core and clad comp…

Reversible self-assembly of metal chalcogenide/metal oxide nanostructures based on Pearson hardness.

2010

Nanotechnology has reached a stage of development where not individual nanoparticles but rather systems of greater complexity are the focus of concern. These complex structures incorporate two or more types of materials, an example of which is the formation of metal–semiconductor hybrids, which effectively combine the properties of both materials. The assembly of multicomponent nanoparticles from constituents with different optical, electrical, magnetic, and chemical properties can lead to novel functionalities that are independent of the individual components and may be tailored to fit a specific application. These applications include such far-reaching challenges as solar energy conversio…

CoS2/TiO2 Nanocomposites for Hydrogen Production under UV Irradiation

2019

Transition metal chalcogenides have intensively focused on photocatalytic hydrogen production for a decade due to their stronger edge and the quantum confinement effect. This work mainly focuses on synthesis and hydrogen production efficiencies of cobalt disulfide (CoS2)-embedded TiO2 nanocomposites. Materials are synthesized by using a hydrothermal approach and the hydrogen production efficiencies of pristine CoS2, TiO2 nanoparticles and CoS2/TiO2 nanocomposites are compared under UV irradiation. A higher amount of hydrogen production (2.55 mmol g&minus

Density-Functional Tight-Binding Simulations of Curvature-Controlled Layer Decoupling and Band-Gap Tuning in Bilayer MoS2

2014

Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) display valley-selective circular dichroism due to the presence of time-reversal symmetry and the absence of inversion symmetry, making them promising candidates for valleytronics. In contrast, in bilayer TMDCs both symmetries are present and these desirable valley-selective properties are lost. Here, by using density-functional tight-binding electronic structure simulations and revised periodic boundary conditions, we show that bending of bilayer MoS2 sheets breaks band degeneracies and localizes states on separate layers due to bendinginduced strain gradients across the sheets. We propose a strategy for employing bending deformations in b…

Preparation and Characterization of P2 BCh Ring Systems (Ch=S, Se) and Their Reactivity with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

2018

Four-membered rings with a P2BCh core (Ch = S, Se) have been synthesized via reaction of phosphinidene chalcogenide (Ar*P=Ch) and phosphaborene (Mes*P=BNR2). The mechanistic pathways towards these rings are explained by detailed computational work that confirmed the preference for the formation of P–P, not P–B, bonded systems, which seems counterintuitive given that both phosphorus atoms contain bulky ligands. The reactivity of the newly synthesized heterocycles, as well as that of the known (RPCh)n rings (n = 2, 3), was probed by the addition of Nheterocyclic carbenes, which revealed that all investigated compounds can act as sources of low-coordinate phosphorus species. peerReviewed

Long-Term Stability of TiS2–Alkylamine Hybrid Materials

2022

Layered TiS2 intercalated with linear alkylamines has recently attracted significant interest as a model compound for flexible n-type thermoelectric applications, showing remarkably high power factors at room temperature. The thermal and, particularly, environmental stability of such materials is, however, a still an open challenge. In this paper, we show that amine-intercalated TiS2 prepared by a simple mechanochemical process is prone to chemical decomposition through sulfur exsolution, and that the presence of molecular oxygen is likely to mediate the decomposition reaction. Through computational analysis of the possible reaction pathways, we propose that Ti-N adducts are formed as a con…