Abstract

ZnS quantum dots (QDs) were fabricated using the co-precipitation technique with no capping agent. The effects of different annealing temperatures (non-annealed, 240 °C and 340 °C for 2 h) on the structural and optical characteristics of ZnS QDs are reported. The samples were examined by XRD, TEM, PL, FTIR, and UV–Vis. An increase in annealing temperature led to an increase in the dot size and a lowering of the energy band gap (EG). The average crystallite size, D of ZnS was between 4.4 and 5.6 nm. The ZnS QDs showed a band gap of 3.75, 3.74 and 3.72 eV for non-annealed, 240 °C, and 340 °C annealed samples. The reflection spectra increased in the visible light and decreased in UV region with an increase in annealing temperature. This work showed that the band gap and size of ZnS QDs could be tuned by varying the annealing temperature.

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Title
Annealing temperature effects on the size and band gap of ZnS quantum dots fabricated by co-precipitation technique without capping agent
Author
Alwany, Abduelwhab. B. 1 ; Youssef, G. M. 2 ; Samir, O. M. 3 ; Algradee, Mohammed A. 4 ; A.Yahya, Nabil A. 5 ; Swillam, Mohamed A. 6 ; Humaidi, Syahrul 7 ; Abd‑Shukor, R. 8 

 Ibb University, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ibb, Yemen (GRID:grid.444909.4); Ain Shams University, Laboratory of Materials Sciences and Solar Cells, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Abbasia, Egypt (GRID:grid.7269.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 0621 1570) 
 Ain Shams University, Laboratory of Materials Sciences and Solar Cells, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Abbasia, Egypt (GRID:grid.7269.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 0621 1570) 
 Ibb University, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ibb, Yemen (GRID:grid.444909.4); Aljanad University for Science and Technology, Engineering College, Taiz, Yemen (GRID:grid.444909.4) 
 Ibb University, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ibb, Yemen (GRID:grid.444909.4) 
 Thamar University, Physics Department, Thamar, Yemen (GRID:grid.444928.7) (ISNI:0000 0000 9908 6529); American University in Cairo, Department of Physics, School of Sciences and Engineering, New Cairo, Egypt (GRID:grid.252119.c) (ISNI:0000 0004 0513 1456) 
 American University in Cairo, Department of Physics, School of Sciences and Engineering, New Cairo, Egypt (GRID:grid.252119.c) (ISNI:0000 0004 0513 1456) 
 FMIPA, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Post Graduate Program (Physics), Medan, Indonesia (GRID:grid.413127.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 0657 4011) 
 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Department of Applied Physics, Bangi, Malaysia (GRID:grid.412113.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 1557) 
Pages
10314
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2829617310
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.