Clean Energy Lab

Research Techniques and Protocols 

  • Hot injection (air-free) synthesis of nanocrystals
  • Room temperature supersaturated recrystallization synthesis of nanocrystals
  • Centrifugation and purification of nanocrystals
  • Citrate-based reduction method for synthesis of gold nanoparticles
  • Python tutorial and introduction to computational methods
  • Ultraviolet-visible (absorbance) spectroscopy
  • Photoluminescence (emission) spectroscopy
  • Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
  • Phase-transfer and surface functionalization
  • Microwave synthesis

Lab Equipment 

  • Ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer
  • Photoluminescence spectrophotometer
  • Inert atmosphere glovebox
  • Thermal gravimetric analyzer
  • Microwave reactor
  • Ultraviolet transilluminator
  • Schlenk line for inert atmosphere synthesis
  • Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer
  • Ultrasonicator
  • Analytical microbalance
  • Microcentrifuge

Key Peer-Reviewed Publications

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  • Protesescu, L.; Yakunin, S.; Bodnarchuk, M. I.; Krieg, F.; Caputo, R.; Hendon, C. H.; Yang, R. X.; Walsh, A.; Kovalenko, M. V. Nano Lett. 2015, 15 (6), 3692-3696.
  • Li, X.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, S.; Cai, B.; Gu, Y.; Song, J.; Zeng, H. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 2435-2445.
  • Juran, T. R.; Smeu, M. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 20684-20690.
  • Zhu, J.; Yang, X.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Cai, J.; Shen, J.; Sun, L.; Li, C. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8 (17), 4167-4171.

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