RUI-SYN: I-III Bimetallic Complexes: a General Entry to I-III-VI Semiconductors

化学合成（SYN）项目的该奖项支持爱达荷州立大学和莱斯大学的Joshua Pak教授及其同事对新型I-III双金属配合物进行基础研究。这项工作既解决了强大的合成策略的发展，以制备I-III双金属配合物库，也研究了它们的配体交换化学。这些双金属配合物可用于制备高质量的I-III-VI纳米颗粒和薄膜，这有可能用于下一代光伏发电。除了本科生，高中生也将通过ACS项目SEED计划参与到这个项目中来。对这些双金属配合物如何形成及其反应机制的基本理解可以使相应（纳米）材料的定制制备成为可能。含有I-III金属的半导体是下一代太阳能电池和其他光电器件的重要（纳米）材料。控制这些双金属配合物的反应性的能力与相应的（纳米）材料的制造和行为有关。

This award in the Chemical Synthesis (SYN) program supports work by Professor Joshua Pak and co-workers at Idaho State University and Rice University to carry out fundamental studies on novel I-III bimetallic complexes. The work addresses both the development of robust synthetic strategies to prepare a library of I-III bimetallic complexes and study their ligand exchange chemistry. These bimetallic complexes can be used to prepare high quality I-III-VI nanoparticles and thin films, which can potentially be used in next generation photovoltaics. In addition to undergraduates, high school students will be involved in this project through ACS Project SEED program. Fundamental understanding of how these bimetallic complexes form and their reaction mechanisms may allow tailored preparation of the corresponding (nano)materials.Semiconductors containing I-III metals represent important (nano)materials for next generation solar cells and other optoelectronic devices. The ability to control the reactivity for these bimetallic complexes is relevant to how the corresponding (nano)materials are made and behave.