Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Sustainable scalable synthesis of sulfide nanocrystals at low cost with an ionic liquid sulfur precursor

  • Bin Yuan,
  • Timothy Karl Egner,
  • Vincenzo Venditti,
  • Ludovico Cademartiri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06549-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

Read online

Developing sustainable and scalable nanocrystal syntheses is challenging but necessary for future technologies and the environment. Here, the authors show that using an ionic liquid to stabilize a highly reactive precursor can fulfill the major aims of sustainable nanocrystal synthesis, including high yields, energy efficiency, atom economy, and recyclability.