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Chin. Phys. B, 2019, Vol. 28(4): 047803    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/28/4/047803
Special Issue: SPECIAL TOPIC — Photodetector: Materials, physics, and applications
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Preparation and photoelectric properties of cadmium sulfide quantum dots

Yue Gu(古月)1, Libin Tang(唐利斌)2, Xiaopeng Guo(郭小鹏)3, Jinzhong Xiang(项金钟)1, Kar Seng Teng3, Shu Ping Lau(刘树平)4
1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China;
2 Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming 650223, China;
3 College of Engineering, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK;
4 Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Abstract  

Cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS QDs) are widely used in solar cells, light emitting diodes, photocatalysis, and biological imaging because of their unique optical and electrical properties. However, there are some drawbacks in existing preparation techniques for CdS QDs, such as protection of inert gas, lengthy reaction time, high reaction temperature, poor crystallinity, and non-uniform particle size distribution. In this study, we prepared CdS QDs by liquid phase synthesis under ambient room temperature and atmospheric pressure using sodium alkyl sulfonate, CdCl2, and Na2S as capping agent, cadmium, and sulfur sources respectively. This technique offers facile preparation, efficient reaction, low-cost, and controllable particle size. The as-prepared CdS QDs exhibited good crystallinity, excellent monodispersity, and uniform particle size. The responsivity of CdS QDs-based photodetector is greater than 0.3 μA/W, which makes them suitable for use as ultra-violet (UV) detectors.

Keywords:  CdS QDs      liquid-phase synthesis      photoelectric properties  
Received:  08 October 2018      Revised:  30 December 2018      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  78.67.Hc (Quantum dots)  
  84.60.Jt (Photoelectric conversion)  
  85.60.Gz (Photodetectors (including infrared and CCD detectors))  
Fund: 

Project supported by the Equipment Pre-research Fund under the Equipment Development Department (EDD) of China's Central Military Commission (CMC) (Grant No. 1422030209), the Innovation Team Program of NORINCO Group (Grant No. 2017CX024), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61106098 and 11864044).

Corresponding Authors:  Libin Tang, Jinzhong Xiang     E-mail:  scitang@163.com;jzhxiang@ynu.edu.cn

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Yue Gu(古月), Libin Tang(唐利斌), Xiaopeng Guo(郭小鹏), Jinzhong Xiang(项金钟), Kar Seng Teng, Shu Ping Lau(刘树平) Preparation and photoelectric properties of cadmium sulfide quantum dots 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 047803

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