<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanorods with a diameter of 50 nm and length of approximately 200 nm have been synthesized using combined sonochemical-solvothermal method. Structural properties of CdS nanoparticles synthesized by this method have been compared with the CdS nanoparticles synthesized by sonochemical method alone. The synthesized CdS nanostructures have been characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) methods. In addition, the factors affecting the formation of the structures, including reaction time, different type and ratio of precursors, such as sulphur source, have been investigated. Comparison of the results obtained by both the synthesis methods revealed CdS nanoparticles synthesized by the combined sonochemical-solvothermal method to be of high morphological homogeneity compared to the sonochemical method alone. It is interesting to note that ethylenediamine has been found to be prevented from agglomeration by using the combined sonochemical-solvothermal method as the synthesis method. A modified growth mechanism under the inducement of ethylenediamine solutions for the CdS nanorods has been suggested.</p></abstract>

Cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanorods with a diameter of 50 nm and length of approximately 200 nm have been synthesized using combined sonochemical-solvothermal method. Structural properties of CdS nanoparticles synthesized by this method have been compared with the CdS nanoparticles synthesized by sonochemical method alone. The synthesized CdS nanostructures have been characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) methods. In addition, the factors affecting the formation of the structures, including reaction time, different type and ratio of precursors, such as sulphur source, have been investigated. Comparison of the results obtained by both the synthesis methods revealed CdS nanoparticles synthesized by the combined sonochemical-solvothermal method to be of high morphological homogeneity compared to the sonochemical method alone. It is interesting to note that ethylenediamine has been found to be prevented from agglomeration by using the combined sonochemical-solvothermal method as the synthesis method. A modified growth mechanism under the inducement of ethylenediamine solutions for the CdS nanorods has been suggested.

Synthesis and characterization of CdS nanorods by combined sonochemical-solvothermal method

Materials Science-Poland

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Cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanorods with a diameter of 50 nm and length of approximately 200 nm have been synthesized using combined sonochemical-solvothermal...

Synthesis and characterization of CdS nanorods by combined sonochemical-solvothermal method

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Sep 28, 2016

Page range: 684 - 690

Received: Apr 04, 2016

Accepted: Jul 11, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0089

Keywords
nanorods, semiconductor, sonochemical-solvothermal method, characterization

© 2016 Pinar Acar Bozkurt et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Synthesis and characterization of CdS nanorods by combined sonochemical-solvothermal method

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Sep 28, 2016

Page range: 684 - 690

Received: Apr 04, 2016

Accepted: Jul 11, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0089

Keywordsnanorods, semiconductor, sonochemical-solvothermal method, characterization

© 2016 Pinar Acar Bozkurt et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
nanorods, semiconductor, sonochemical-solvothermal method, characterization