Issue 24, 2019

A green and general strategy for the synthesis of hollow Ag/CdS nanocomposites for superior SERS performance

Abstract

Semiconductor-based materials as SERS-active substrates have gained significant attention because of their superior properties. However, to date, only few studies have been reported on the SERS performance of substrates fabricated using CdS-based composites. In this study, hollow sphere-like Ag/CdS nanocomposites (NCs) with multi-hot spots were successfully synthesized via a room-temperature solution route without the addition of surfactant. Especially, note that in our strategy, the cadmium ions in an aqueous solution originating from the self-template core dissolved with acid were retrieved and recycled via a simple approach, avoiding the wastage of resources and environmental problems. Moreover, a strong electromagnetic enhancement between two neighboring Ag nanoparticles (NPs) on the CdS sphere-like surface could be achieved by conveniently adjusting the amount of the AgNO3 reagent. Note that the as-prepared substrate with low loading of Ag presented superior SERS performance with the ultralow limit of detection of 10āˆ’12 mol Lāˆ’1 for R6G and CV, much higher than that of many recently reported composite substrates. These significantly enhanced SERS effects are attributed to the combination of several contributions, including plasmonic coupling between Ag NPs, synergistic charge-transfer resonances in the Ag/CdS/dye molecule system, and cadmium defect-induced electrostatic forces. As a consequence, the present study not only develops a convenient, environmentally friendly approach for the fabrication of noble/CdS composites but also indicates the promising potential application of these composites as ideal SERS substrates in the detection of organic pollutants.

Graphical abstract: A green and general strategy for the synthesis of hollow Ag/CdS nanocomposites for superior SERS performance

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Feb 2019
Accepted
17 May 2019
First published
20 May 2019

CrystEngComm, 2019,21, 3709-3720

A green and general strategy for the synthesis of hollow Ag/CdS nanocomposites for superior SERS performance

S. Li, Q. Wang, X. Song and Y. Bu, CrystEngComm, 2019, 21, 3709 DOI: 10.1039/C9CE00266A

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