The 2011 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship recipient, Liberato Manna, has published a paper on cubic and hexagonal phases of copper-sulfur-selenium alloys which exhibit a well-defined near-infrared valence band plasmon resonance. The nanocrystals were then evaluated as an anode material in Li-ion batteries, and were capable of undergoing lithiation/delithiation via a displacement/conversion reaction (Cu to Li and vice versa) in a partially reversible manner.
His work was highlighted on the back cover of the journal, and can be read by clicking on the link below:
Colloidal Cu2−x(SySe1−y) alloy nanocrystals with controllable crystal phase: synthesis, plasmonic properties, cation exchange and electrochemical lithiation
Enrico Dilena, Dirk Dorfs, Chandramohan George, Karol Miszta, Mauro Povia, Alessandro Genovese, Alberto Casu, Mirko Prato and Liberato Manna
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 13023-13031
