Blue light emission from barium doped zinc sulfide nanoparticles

Abstract ZnS nanoparticles with Ba 2+ doping have been prepared at room temperature through chemical route, namely the chemical precipitation method. The nanostructures of the prepared nanoparticles have been analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) for phase analysis, Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) for the morphological characterization, UV–Vis–NIR spectrophotometer for determining band gap energy and fluorescence spectroscopy for determining the emission wave length. The sizes of as prepared nanoparticles are found to be in 9–10 nm range. FESEM morphology shows the formation of nanostructure of ZnS samples. The value of optical band gap has been found to be in range 4.10–4.63 eV. Room temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the undoped sample exhibits emission in the blue region with multiple peaks under UV excitation. On the other hand, the Ba 2+ doped ZnS samples exhibit visible light emissions under the same UV excitation wavelength of 310 nm.