CdS microflowers and interpenetrated nanorods grown on Si substrate: Structural,optical properties and growth mechanism |
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Authors: | G Murali D Amaranatha Reddy S Sambasivam RP Vijayalakshmi V Rajagopal Reddy |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dept. of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India;2. Dept. of Physics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin 449-791, South Korea;3. Dept. of Physics, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, South Korea |
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Abstract: | CdS semiconductor with different morphologies have been achieved by simple thermal evaporation of CdS powder at 1050 °C in a flowing Ar atmosphere. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Scanning electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy and Photoluminescence. microflowers and interpenetrative nanorods of CdS were formed on catalyst free Si wafers at a temperature of 700 °C and 600 °C respectively. The flower like structures are composed of many interleaving nanorods which have the uniform diameter of about 700 nm and a well crystalline structure with 0001] as growth direction. The interpenetrative nanorods are found to be bounded with six side facets. X-ray diffraction studies revealed the hexagonal structure in both the products. The formation mechanism of microflowers and interpenetrated nanorods was discussed on the basis of nucleation growth kinetics. Room temperature photoluminescence spectra showed a strong green emission band (at ∼510 nm) from the CdS flower like structures, but on the other hand a red emission shoulder along with strong green emission band was observed for interpenetrative nanorods. These CdS micro/nanostructures with abundant morphologies may find applications in various micro/nanodevices, and the kinetics-driven morphology might be exploited to synthesize similar structures of other functional II–VI semiconductors. |
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Keywords: | Nanostructures Physical vapor deposition SEM TEM EDAX Photoluminescence spectroscopy |
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