Decorating Semiconductor Silver-Tetracyanoquinodimethane Nanowires with Silver Nanoparticles from Ionic Liquids
Chuan Zhao A B , Changlong Xiao A , Hubert M. Chan A and Xunyu Lu A
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A School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
B Corresponding author. Email: chuan.zhao@unsw.edu.au
Australian Journal of Chemistry 67(2) 213-216 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH13393
Submitted: 25 July 2013 Accepted: 9 September 2013 Published: 25 September 2013
Abstract
Hybrid semiconducting silver-tetracyanoquinodimethane (AgTCNQ) nanowires decorated with Ag nanoparticles have been synthesized at room temperature in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate. Hydroquinone was applied to reduce Ag+ and TCNQ to silver nanoparticles, and TCNQ–, respectively, under ambient conditions. AgTCNQ nanowires were formed via spontaneous electrolysis between Ag metal nanoparticles and TCNQ, and reaction between Ag+ and TCNQ–. Microscopic, spectroscopic, and X-ray characterizations all confirmed the formation of crystalline Ag nanoparticle–AgTCNQ nanowire hybrid structures. The ionic liquid was used as a reaction medium, but also as a stabilizing (or blocking) agent to control the nucleation and growth rate of AgTCNQ wires.
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