Hierarchically-organized C<sub>60 </sub>crystals obtained from a liquid/liquid interfacial precipitation method by using 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene as a solvent

ZHANG Lin-wen; ZHOU Sheng-ju; CHEN Meng-jun; YIN Ke-yang; LI Hong-guang

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(19)60013-2

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ZHANG Lin-wen, ZHOU Sheng-ju, CHEN Meng-jun, YIN Ke-yang, LI Hong-guang. Hierarchically-organized C60 crystals obtained from a liquid/liquid interfacial precipitation method by using 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene as a solvent. New Carbon Mater., 2019, 34(3): 238-246. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(19)60013-2

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ZHANG Lin-wen, ZHOU Sheng-ju, CHEN Meng-jun, YIN Ke-yang, LI Hong-guang. Hierarchically-organized C₆₀crystals obtained from a liquid/liquid interfacial precipitation method by using 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene as a solvent. New Carbon Mater., 2019, 34(3): 238-246. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(19)60013-2

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Hierarchically-organized C₆₀crystals obtained from a liquid/liquid interfacial precipitation method by using 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene as a solvent

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(19)60013-2

1.
Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
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Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China

Funds: National Natural Science Foundation of China (61474124).

Received Date: 2019-03-30
Accepted Date: 2019-06-27
Rev Recd Date: 2019-06-01
Publish Date: 2019-06-28

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C₆₀ crystals have potential applications in the optoelectronics, photoconducting devices and templated synthesis fields. However, their preparation is complex. A simple liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method was used to fabricate hierarchically-organized C₆₀ crystals with various topographic characteristics, using 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene as a good solvent, and isopropanol, ethanol or methanol as a poor solvent. Results indicate that the morphology and shape of the as-prepared C₆₀ crystals vary according to the solvent combination and the ratio of good to poor solvents. The SEM images of fractured surfaces and XRD patterns of the crystals reveal that the crystals are formed by the hierarchical organization of C₆₀ molecules at the molecular level to nanocrystals that are assembled into micrometer crystals. The crystals are composed solely of C₆₀ molecules, without polymerization and solvents, which are arranged in a face-centered cubic lattice. The surface roughness is increased by post washing with ethanol. The methodology described here is advantageous over the high-temperature conversion and solvent annealing methods reported previously.
- Fullerene C₆₀ crystal,
- Hierarchically-organized,
- Liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method,
- Face-centered cubic lattice

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