Preparation of quasi-monodispersed CdxZn1−xS nanocrystals and their optical properties

Effect of Cd Substitution on Structural and Optical Properties of Zn_1-xCd_xSe Thin Films

“…For the optimal results, ZnSe and CdSe can be mixed as Zn1-xCdxSe ternary alloys which is particularly interesting because of having wide energy band gap covers the entire visible band is eminently suitable for various full-color optoelectronic devices [9]. Different methods have been utilized to grow Zn-Cd-Se thin films, such as chemical vapor deposition [10] chemical transport method [11] electro deposition [12] molecular beam epitaxy [9,[13][14], hot wall epitaxy [15], solvothermal process [16], and thermal evaporation technique [4,5]. The most important optical properties of semiconductors such as the photoluminescence and Raman shift spectra which are needful for development and design of thin film devices.…”

Synthesis and optical properties of composites based on ternary Zn1–xCdxS nanoparticles enclosed in a layered octosilicate

“…The synthesis of ternary Zn 1Àx Cd x S nanoparticles has attracted much interest because their photoelectric properties can be tuned by adjusting the component ratio of cadmium to zinc (Kulkarni et al, 2001;Raymond et al, 2003;Singhal et al, 2009;Fang et al, 2010;Kang et al, 2012). This tunable property renders the ternary compound a promising candidate in many applications, including photocatalytic hydrogen production (Yu et al, 2010), biotechnology (Liu et al, 2007), photovoltaic devices (Gunasekaran et al, 2006), field emitting devices (Lin et al, 2007), chemical sensors (Lui et al, 2006), and light-emitting devices (Yang & Holloway, 2003;Wood et al, 2009;Anikeeva et al, 2009), etc.…”

“…This tunable property renders the ternary compound a promising candidate in many applications, including photocatalytic hydrogen production (Yu et al, 2010), biotechnology (Liu et al, 2007), photovoltaic devices (Gunasekaran et al, 2006), field emitting devices (Lin et al, 2007), chemical sensors (Lui et al, 2006), and light-emitting devices (Yang & Holloway, 2003;Wood et al, 2009;Anikeeva et al, 2009), etc. Therefore, over the past decade, various Cd x Zn 1Àx S nanomaterials have been produced, such as Cd x Zn 1Àx S nanoparticles (Kulkarni et al, 2001;Raymond et al, 2003;Fang et al, 2010;Kang et al, 2012;), Cu-doped Cd x Zn 1Àx S quantum dots (Kim et al, 2010), coreshell InAs(ZnCdS) and core-shell CdSe (ZnCdS) quantum dots (Liu et al, 2007;Allen et al, 2010), Cd x Zn 1Àx S nanorods (Zhang et al, 2007a, b), and coaxial Cd x Zn 1Àx SÀZnS nanowires (Hsu et al, 2005;Liu & Zhu 2008), etc. Despite the tunable electronic and optical properties of the Cd x Zn 1Àx S, the practical application of the Zn 1Àx Cd x S is greatly limited in view of corrosion by acids and oxygen.…”