Issue 3, 2013

Effect of some nitrogen donor ligands on the optical and structural properties of CdS nanoparticles

Abstract

The cadmium complex of N-ethyl-N-phenyl dithiocarbamate, 1, and its 2,2′-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline adducts, 2, and 3, respectively, have been used as single source precursors for the synthesis of CdS nanoparticles. The formation of CdS nanoparticles was achieved by thermal decomposition of the complexes (pyrolysis) and thermolysis in the presence of hexadecylamine – HDA (solvothermal). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) analyses were carried out to study the structural properties of the nanoparticles. Complex 1 afforded rod-shaped nanoparticles while star-shaped nanoparticles were obtained from complexes 2 and 3. The optical property of the CdS nanoparticles was studied by UV–visible and fluorescence spectroscopy. The spectral features for the nanoparticles prepared via the solvothermal route were significantly sharper and blue shifted to a greater extent relative to the corresponding bulk semiconductor, compared to the observed shift in the nanoparticles prepared via pyrolysis. All the as-synthesized material exhibited band edge luminescence.

Graphical abstract: Effect of some nitrogen donor ligands on the optical and structural properties of CdS nanoparticles

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Oct 2012
Accepted
08 Jan 2013
First published
10 Jan 2013

New J. Chem., 2013,37, 834-842

Effect of some nitrogen donor ligands on the optical and structural properties of CdS nanoparticles

D. C. Onwudiwe, C. A. Strydom and O. S. Oluwafemi, New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 834 DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ40924D

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