{"doi":"10.1021/nn305971v","date_created":"2018-12-11T11:45:55Z","volume":7,"author":[{"first_name":"Maria","orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Ibáñez","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria"},{"first_name":"Reza","full_name":"Zamani, Reza","last_name":"Zamani"},{"last_name":"Gorsse","full_name":"Gorsse, Stéphane","first_name":"Stéphane"},{"first_name":"Jiandong","full_name":"Fan, Jiandong","last_name":"Fan"},{"full_name":"Ortega, Silvia","last_name":"Ortega","first_name":"Silvia"},{"first_name":"Doris","last_name":"Cadavid","full_name":"Cadavid, Doris"},{"first_name":"Joan","last_name":"Morante","full_name":"Morante, Joan"},{"full_name":"Arbiol, Jordi","last_name":"Arbiol","first_name":"Jordi"},{"full_name":"Cabot, Andreu","last_name":"Cabot","first_name":"Andreu"}],"month":"02","publication":"ACS Nano","publist_id":"7483","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"The bottom-up assembly of nanocrystals provides access to a three-dimensional composition control at the nanoscale not attainable by any other technology. In particular, colloidal nanoheterostructures, with intrinsic multiphase organization, are especially appealing building blocks for the bottom-up production of nanocomposites. In the present work, we use PbTe-PbS as the model material system and thermoelectricity as the paradigmatic application to investigate the potential of the bottom-up assembly of core-shell nanoparticles to produce functional nanocomposites. With this goal in mind, a rapid, high-yield and scalable colloidal synthetic route to prepare grams of PbTe@PbS core-shell nanoparticles with unprecedented narrow size distributions and exceptional composition control is detailed. PbTe@PbS nanoparticles were used as building blocks for the bottom-up production of PbTe-PbS nanocomposites with tuned composition. In such PbTe-PbS nanocomposites, synergistic nanocrystal doping effects result in up to 10-fold higher electrical conductivities than in pure PbTe and PbS nanomaterials. At the same time, the acoustic impedance mismatch between PbTe and PbS phases and a partial phase alloying provide PbTe-PbS nanocomposites with strongly reduced thermal conductivities. As a result, record thermoelectric figures of merit (ZT) of ∼1.1 were obtained from undoped PbTe and PbS phases at 710 K. These high ZT values prove the potential of the proposed processes to produce efficient functional nanomaterials with programmable properties. © 2013 American Chemical Society."}],"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","publisher":"American Chemical Society","date_published":"2013-02-28T00:00:00Z","article_processing_charge":"No","year":"2013","citation":{"ama":"Ibáñez M, Zamani R, Gorsse S, et al. Core shell nanoparticles as building blocks for the bottom-up production of functional nanocomposites: PbTe PbS thermoelectric properties. ACS Nano. 2013;7(3):2573-2586. doi:10.1021/nn305971v","mla":"Ibáñez, Maria, et al. “Core Shell Nanoparticles as Building Blocks for the Bottom-up Production of Functional Nanocomposites: PbTe PbS Thermoelectric Properties.” ACS Nano, vol. 7, no. 3, American Chemical Society, 2013, pp. 2573–86, doi:10.1021/nn305971v.","short":"M. Ibáñez, R. Zamani, S. Gorsse, J. Fan, S. Ortega, D. Cadavid, J. Morante, J. Arbiol, A. Cabot, ACS Nano 7 (2013) 2573–2586.","chicago":"Ibáñez, Maria, Reza Zamani, Stéphane Gorsse, Jiandong Fan, Silvia Ortega, Doris Cadavid, Joan Morante, Jordi Arbiol, and Andreu Cabot. “Core Shell Nanoparticles as Building Blocks for the Bottom-up Production of Functional Nanocomposites: PbTe PbS Thermoelectric Properties.” ACS Nano. American Chemical Society, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn305971v.","ista":"Ibáñez M, Zamani R, Gorsse S, Fan J, Ortega S, Cadavid D, Morante J, Arbiol J, Cabot A. 2013. Core shell nanoparticles as building blocks for the bottom-up production of functional nanocomposites: PbTe PbS thermoelectric properties. ACS Nano. 7(3), 2573–2586.","ieee":"M. Ibáñez et al., “Core shell nanoparticles as building blocks for the bottom-up production of functional nanocomposites: PbTe PbS thermoelectric properties,” ACS Nano, vol. 7, no. 3. American Chemical Society, pp. 2573–2586, 2013.","apa":"Ibáñez, M., Zamani, R., Gorsse, S., Fan, J., Ortega, S., Cadavid, D., … Cabot, A. (2013). Core shell nanoparticles as building blocks for the bottom-up production of functional nanocomposites: PbTe PbS thermoelectric properties. ACS Nano. American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn305971v"},"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"extern":"1","acknowledgement":"The research was supported by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF, “FEDER Programa Competitivitat de Catalunya 2007-2013”) and the Spanish MICINN Projects MAT2008-05779, MAT2010-15138, CSD2009-00050, and CSD2009-00013. M.I. thanks the Spanish MICINN for her Ph.D. grant. J.A. and R.Z. also acknowledge Generalitat de Catalunya 2009-SGR-770 and XaRMAE.\r\n\r\nThe authors declare no competing financial interest.","status":"public","issue":"3","type":"journal_article","intvolume":" 7","day":"28","_id":"343","quality_controlled":"1","oa_version":"None","page":"2573 - 2586","article_type":"original","publication_status":"published","date_updated":"2021-01-12T07:43:25Z","title":"Core shell nanoparticles as building blocks for the bottom-up production of functional nanocomposites: PbTe PbS thermoelectric properties"}