Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Hefei Science Centre, CAS, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
Chem Soc Rev. 2017 May 22;46(10):2732-2753. doi: 10.1039/c7cs00013h.
Tellurium (Te) is a rare element in trace amounts of about one part per billion, comparable to that of platinum and ranked 75th in the abundance of the elements in the earth crust. Te nanostructures, as narrow bandgap semiconductors, have numerous potential applications in the fabrication of many modern devices. The past decades have witnessed an explosion in new strategies for synthesizing diverse emerging Te nanostructures with controlled compositions, sizes, shapes, and structures. Their structure-determined nature makes functional Te nanomaterials an attractive candidate for modern applications. This review focuses on the synthesis and morphology control of emerging Te nanostructures and summarizes the latest developments in the applications of Te nanostructures, such as their use as chemical transformation templates to access a huge family of nanowires/nanotubes, batteries, photodetectors, ion detection and removal, element doping, piezoelectric energy harvesting, gas sensing, thermoelectric devices and many other device applications. Various Te nanostructures with different shapes and structures will exploit the beneficial properties associated with their assembly process and nanofabrication. Finally, the prospects for future applications of Te nanomaterials are summarized and highlighted.
碲（Te）是一种痕量元素，含量约为十亿分之一，与铂相当，在地壳中元素丰度排名第 75 位。碲纳米结构作为窄带隙半导体，在制造许多现代设备方面具有许多潜在的应用。在过去的几十年中，人们见证了合成具有可控组成、尺寸、形状和结构的各种新型碲纳米结构的新策略的爆炸式增长。其结构决定的性质使功能碲纳米材料成为现代应用的有吸引力的候选者。本文综述了新型碲纳米结构的合成和形貌控制，并总结了碲纳米结构在化学转化模板、电池、光电探测器、离子检测和去除、元素掺杂、压电能量收集、气体传感、热电设备和许多其他器件应用等方面的最新进展。具有不同形状和结构的各种碲纳米结构将利用与其组装过程和纳米制造相关的有益特性。最后，总结并强调了碲纳米材料未来应用的前景。
