Size Dependent Specific Heat Capacity of PbSe Nanocrystals.
Nano Lett
; 24(13): 4038-4043, 2024 Apr 03.
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Specific heat capacity is one of the most fundamental thermodynamic properties of materials. In this work, we measured the specific heat capacity of PbSe nanocrystals with diameters ranging from 5 to 23 nm, and its value increases significantly from 0.2 to 0.6 J g-1 °C-1. We propose a mass assignment model to describe the specific heat capacity of nanocrystals, which divides it into four parts electron, inner, surface, and ligand. By eliminating the contribution of ligand and electron specific heat capacity, the specific heat capacity of the inorganic core is linearly proportional to its surface-to-volume ratio, showing the size dependence. Based on this linear relationship, surface specific heat capacity accounts for 40-60% of the specific heat capacity of nanocrystals with size decreasing. It can be attributed to the uncoordinated surface atoms, which is evidenced by the appearance of extra surface phonons in Raman spectra and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations.
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