Low temperature aqueous phase synthesis and optical property study of ZnSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots
XING ZHANG1,2,*
,
MING XU1,*
,
CHUNMAN YU2,
HAO LU2,
YAOTIAN YU2,
XIAONAN XU1
Affiliation
- Key Laboratory of Information Materials of Sichuan Province & School of El ectrical and Information Engineering, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, P.R. China
- Chengdu Chemtide Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 6100 41 , P.R. China
Abstract
High
quality ZnSe/ZnS core/shell nanocrystals were synthesized by a convenient aq ueous phase method, achieving
epitaxial growth at a very low temperature of 90℃. The nature of the ZnS shells grown on the surfaces of ZnSe core
nanocrystals (average size, 4~5 nm) was determined by X ray diffraction (XRD), UV Vis spectrophotometry,
photol uminescence (PL) measurements, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR TEM), and Fourier transform
infrared spectroscopy (FT IR). The PL intensity of ZnSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) first increased and then decreased with
increasing pH value. The strongest PL intensity occurs at the pH value of ~10.5. The strongest PL peak was centered at 400
nm (FWHM ~22 nm). The mechanism of the observed optical properties is discussed..
Keywords
Low temperatu re pH, Quantum dots, Aqueous phase synthesis, Core-shell structure.
Citation
XING ZHANG, MING XU, CHUNMAN YU, HAO LU, YAOTIAN YU, XIAONAN XU, Low temperature aqueous phase synthesis and optical property study of ZnSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 7-8, July-August 2015, pp.924-929 (2015).
Submitted at: Feb. 15, 2015
Accepted at: June 24, 2015