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Preparation of π-vi Semiconductor Nanocrystallites in a Glass Matrix Using Chalcogenizing Agent: Application to cdse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

J.L. Marc ,
W. Gramer ,
A. Pradel ,
M. Ribes ,
T. Richard ,
J. Allegre  and
P. Lefebvre
J.L. Marc
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Matériaux Solides, URA 407 du CNRS, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
W. Gramer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Matériaux Solides, URA 407 du CNRS, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
A. Pradel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Matériaux Solides, URA 407 du CNRS, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
M. Ribes
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Matériaux Solides, URA 407 du CNRS, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
T. Richard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Matériaux Solides, URA 407 du CNRS, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
J. Allegre
Affiliation:
Groupe d'Etude des Semiconducteurs, URA 357 du CNRS, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
P. Lefebvre
Affiliation:
Groupe d'Etude des Semiconducteurs, URA 357 du CNRS, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Abstract

A new route for preparing CdX (X = S, Se, Te, S+Se) nanocrystallites dispersed in a sodium borosilicate glass matrix from a hydrogel is proposed. Chalcogenizing complexing molecules - for instance a mixture of NH4SCN + H2SeO3 - introduced in the starting solution allowed an in situ crystallite preparation concomitant to gel densification. Prevention of crystallite oxidation is thus obtained. Moreover, coalescence is minimized because of the low gel-glass transition temperature. Low temperature absorption spectra have been interpreted in terms of exciton and electron-hole confinements, accounting for both an intrinsic broadening of energy states inside each nanocrystal and a Gaussian size distribution. Crystallite sizes and size dispersion can be adjusted by changing the initial Cd concentration. The crystallinity of the nanoparticles without change in dispersion is strongly improved by thermal treatment above the Tg of the glass matrix.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 346: Symposium N – Better Ceramics Through Chemistry VI , 1994 , 901
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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