Chemical Composition and Morphology of a Surface of Ionotron Nanostructures Fabricated on the Base of 2$D$ Layered Crystals of InSe and Ionic RbNO$_3$ Salt
A. P. Bakhtinov$^{1}$, V. M. Vodopyanov$^{1}$, V. I. Ivanov$^{1}$, V. L. Karbivskyi$^{2}$, Z. D. Kovalyuk$^{1}$, V. V. Netyaga$^{1}$, O. S. Lytvyn$^{3,4}$
$^{1}$I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems in Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine, Chernivtsi Branch, 5 Vilde Str., UA-58001, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
$^{2}$G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 36 Academician Vernadsky Blvd., UA-03142 Kyiv, Ukraine
$^{3}$V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 41 Nauky Ave., 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
$^{4}$Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, 18/2 Bulvarno-Kudriavska Str., UA-04053 Kyiv, Ukraine
Received: 07.10.2017. Download: PDF
As shown, the bulk vertical ionotronic nanostructures can be fabricated by using introduction of the ionic RbNO$_3$ salt melt between the (0001) layers of InSe crystal. The chemical composition and morphology of these structures are investigated by x-ray electron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. As determined, they consist of the ultrathin 2$D$ InSe layers separated by solid layers of ‘ion salt–In$_2$O$_3$’ electrolyte. During the self-organization process of such structures at temperatures of the melt, which exceed the temperature of the RbNO$_3$ decomposition onto nitrides and nitrates, the ‘ion salt–InSe’ heteroboundaries are oxidized, and nanostructures with high ionic conductivity are formed. They have the form of nanosize rings and are characterized by high lateral density $\sim 10^{9}–10^{10}$ сm$^{-2}$. As established, these nanostructures are grown in the (0001)InSe planes, which are arranged periodically at a distance of about tens nm along the crystallographic axis $C$.
Key words: InSe, RbNO$_3$, 2$D$ layers, ionotronic structures, ionotronic nanocomposite materials.
URL: http://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v39/i11/1573.html
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.39.11.1573
PACS: 68.37.Ps, 68.55.J-, 71.20.Tx, 72.40.+w, 73.40.Mr, 81.05.Zx, 81.16.Dn, 85.30.Tv
Citation: A. P. Bakhtinov, V. M. Vodopyanov, V. I. Ivanov, V. L. Karbivskyi, Z. D. Kovalyuk, V. V. Netyaga, and O. S. Lytvyn, Chemical Composition and Morphology of a Surface of Ionotron Nanostructures Fabricated on the Base of 2$D$ Layered Crystals of InSe and Ionic RbNO$_3$ Salt, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 39, No. 11: 1573—1587 (2017) (in Ukrainian)