SURFACTANT ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF ZINC SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES USING SINGLE SOURCE PRECURSORS

National University of Sciences and technology (NUST), Pakistan; N. SHAHZAD; N. ALI; Department of Physics, GPG Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif, Swat, Pakistan, 19130; I. AHMAD; Department of Physics, GPG Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif, Swat, Pakistan, 19130; N. ULLAH; Department of Physics, GPG Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif, Swat, Pakistan, 19130; S. KHALID; National Centre for Physics, QAU campus, Islamabad, 43520, Pakistan; M. FAZAL; National University of Sciences and technology (NUST), Pakistan; A. KALAM; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia; Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia; A. G. AL-SEHEMI; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia; Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia

doi:10.15251/cl.2020.179.469

journal article·2020-09Open access

SURFACTANT ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF ZINC SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES USING SINGLE SOURCE PRECURSORS

National University of Sciences and technology (NUST), Pakistan, N. SHAHZAD, N. ALI, Department of Physics, GPG Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif, Swat, Pakistan, 19130, I. AHMAD, Department of Physics, GPG Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif, Swat, Pakistan, 19130, N. ULLAH, Department of Physics, GPG Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif, Swat, Pakistan, 19130, S. KHALID, National Centre for Physics, QAU campus, Islamabad, 43520, Pakistan, M. FAZAL, National University of Sciences and technology (NUST), Pakistan, A. KALAM, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia, Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia, A. G. AL-SEHEMI, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia, Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia

Chalcogenide Letters· Volume 17· Issue 9

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Lot of research is being carried out to develop solar cells which are economical with higher efficiencies. Many nanomaterials have been explored to tackle this issue. In this paper we have been used pure ZnS and cobalt doped ZnS nanoparticles which were hydrothermally synthesized from single source precursors using TX-100 as surfactant. The prepared precursors and samples were characterized using FTIR, TGA, XRD and UVVisible. The crystallite size of the nanoparticles calculated from the XRD analysis have been found in the range of 20-25 nm. UV-Visible analysis at room temperature shows absorption peaks in the UV-region. The optical bandgap calculated using Tauc’s plot from the absorption data lies in the region of 3.2-3.5 eV. This study helps in understanding novel performance of Co-ZnS in comparison to pure ZnS nanoparticles for its use in solar cell applications due to increase in photocatalytic activity in visible region.

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Nanomaterials Catalysis & surfaces

OpenAlex topics: Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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