Issue 66, 2020, Issue in Progress

Synthesis of Ag2S colloidal solutions in D2O heavy water

Abstract

For the first time, colloidal solutions of silver sulfide are synthesized by chemical deposition from solutions of silver nitrate and sodium sulfide in heavy water D2O. In the synthesis, sodium citrate was used as a stabilizer. The sizes of Ag2S quantum dots in colloidal solutions were estimated by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy. The size of silver sulfide quantum dots in colloidal solutions in heavy water that were prepared from reaction mixtures with different concentrations of reagents is from 3 to 19–20 nm. An increase in the concentration of silver nitrate and a decrease in the concentration of sodium citrate in the initial reaction mixtures lead to a small increase in the size of Ag2S quantum dots in the synthesized colloidal solutions. Colloidal silver sulfide solutions synthesized using D2O heavy water retain the stability and constant size of the nanoparticles after storage for more than 100 days. The calculated exciton diameter for Ag2S is about 3 nm, and is consistent with experimental observations.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of Ag2S colloidal solutions in D2O heavy water

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Sep 2020
Accepted
28 Oct 2020
First published
04 Nov 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 40171-40179

Synthesis of Ag2S colloidal solutions in D2O heavy water

S. I. Sadovnikov and A. I. Gusev, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 40171 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07853K

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