The quantum confinement effect and photoenhancement of photoluminescence (PL) of lead sulphide (PbS) quantum dots (QDs) and lead sulphide/manganese sulphide (PbS/MnS) core shell QDs capped with thiol ligands in aqueous solution were investigated. From PL results, the presence of MnS shells gives a strong confinement effect which translates to higher emission energy in PbS/MnS core shell QDs. Increasing MnS shell thickness from 0.3 to 1.5 monolayers (ML) causes a blueshift of PL peak energies as the charge carriers concentrated in the PbS core region. Enhancement of the PL intensity of colloidal PbS and PbS/MnS core shell QDs has been observed when the samples are illuminated above the band gap energy, under continuous irradiation for 40 min. Luminescence from PbS QDs and PbS/MnS core shell QDs can be strongly influenced by the interaction of water molecules and oxygen present in aqueous solution adsorbed on the QD surface. However, PbS/MnS core shell QDs with a shell thickness of 1.5 ML did not show a PL peak energy stability as it was redshifted after 25 min, probably due to wider size distribution of the QDs.
In this study, the synthesis and the effect of temperature and power excitation towards photoluminescence (PL) emission of colloidal PbS quantum dots (QDs) were reported. Water soluble PbS QDs capped with a mixture of 1-thioglycerol (TGL) and dithioglycerol (DTG) was synthesized via colloidal chemistry method at room temperature. The PL emission of PbS QDs was investigated under temperature range from 10 K to 300 K and we found that the PL emission blue-shifted when the temperature is increased. From high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), the average size of PbS core QDs is determined to be 6 nm and the integrated PL intensity (IPL) versus excitation power density shows the recombination of electrons and holes occur efficiently at low and high temperature for the PbS QDs. Full width half maximum (FWHM) shows a gradual broadening with the increasing temperature due to the interaction of charge carriers with phonons.
A rapid, sustainable,
and ecologically sound approach is urgently
needed for the production of semiconductor nanomaterials. CuSe nanoparticles
(NPs) were synthesized via a microwave-assisted technique using CuCl
2
·2H
2
O and Na
2
SeO
3
as
the starting materials. The role of the irradiation time was considered
as the primary concern to regulate the size and possibly the shape
of the synthesized nanoparticles. A range of characterization techniques
was used to elucidate the structural and optical properties of the
fabricated nanoparticles, which included X-ray diffraction, energy-dispersive
X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), atomic force microscopy, field emission
scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy (Raman), UV–Visible
diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and photoluminescence spectroscopy
(PL). The mean crystallite size of the CuSe hexagonal (Klockmannite)
crystal structure increased from 21.35 to 99.85 nm with the increase
in irradiation time. At the same time, the microstrain and dislocation
density decreased from 7.90 × 10
–4
to 1.560
× 10
–4
and 4.68 × 10
–2
to 1.00 × 10
–2
nm
–2
, respectively.
Three Raman vibrational bands attributed to CuSe NPs have been identified
in the Raman spectrum. Irradiation time was also seen to play a critical
role in the NP optical band gap during the synthesis. The decrease
in the optical band gap from 1.85 to 1.60 eV is attributed to the
increase in the crystallite size when the irradiation time was increased.
At 400 nm excitation wavelength, a strong orange emission centered
at 610 nm was observed from the PL measurement. The PL intensity is
found to increase with an increase in irradiation time, which is attributed
to the improvement in crystallinity at higher irradiation time. Therefore,
the results obtained in this study could be of great benefit in the
field of photonics, solar cells, and optoelectronic applications.
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