核壳结构CdS/ZnS微米球表面处理与光催化制氢性能的关系

具有高活性和稳定性的半导体光催化材料是太阳能光催化制氢领域的研究热点,其中CdS胶体颗粒催化剂因其合适的禁带宽度和带边位置以及较低的原料价格而广受关注.但它在水溶液中不稳定,易受光腐蚀,因而限制了其应用.目前人们致力于用各种方法提高其稳定性,包括各种纳米结构的应用、复合其他催化剂材料以及不同晶相结构复合.ZnS是一种宽禁宽半导体,禁带宽度为3.6 eV,常被用来与CdS形成固溶体调控其能带结构,从而提高其性能和稳定性.其中核壳结构CdS/ZnS异质结具有骑跨型(I型)能带结构,具有特殊的光学和电学性质,在量子点LED和量子点生物荧光显示剂方面获得关注和应用,同时也显示了良好的光催化性能.研究人员对核壳结构CdS/ZnS异质结材料中ZnS壳层厚度对其光学性能包括荧光效率等的影响进行了研究,然而ZnS壳层厚度、颗粒尺寸及其表面处理对光催化性能影响方面的报道很少.本文发展了一种简易的两步法,制备了核壳结构CdS/ZnS微米球光催化剂.首先采用超声喷雾热分解法制备CdS微米球,然后以水浴法在CdS微米球上生长ZnS壳层.采用扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-vis)和透射电镜(TEM)对所得样品进行了表征.SEM和TEM结果显示,所得微米球为完整包裹的球形核壳结构;XRD表征证实CdS核与ZnS壳层皆为六角相晶型;光催化性能表征结果显示,该样品的光催化制氢性能远高于单独的CdS微米球以及同法所制的ZnS微米球.通过改变前驱液浓度(Zn源浓度分别为0.2,0.3和0.5 mol/L)获得了三种不同厚度的核壳结构CdS/ZnS微米球,X射线荧光光谱结果证实了其壳层厚度成功调控.UV-vis结果发现,其吸收边由内核CdS决定,受壳层厚度的影响不大.光致荧光发射光谱分析发现,随着壳层厚度的增加,其540 nm处的CdS带边发射峰强度逐渐增大.这可能是由于ZnS壳层对CdS表面缺陷的钝化作用降低了其非辐射复合过程,从而提高了荧光发光效率.光催化制氢性能结果表明,前驱液浓度为0.3 mol/L时合成的核壳结构CdS/ZnS微米球的产氢效率最高.为了进一步提高其光催化效率,采用氮气中高温热处理、水热二次硫化法以及两者共用三种方式对性能最优的微米球进行改性,获得了三种核壳结构CdS/ZnS样品.结果发现,这些改性方法未影响其吸收边,但水热二次硫化法处理以及两者共用处理的样品在540 nm处的光致荧光发射峰强度明显高于未处理的和高温热处理的样品,证实水热二次硫化法处理可以有效地消除其表面缺陷,减少非辐射复合.XRD结果表明其晶型没有发生变化.TEM表征发现,经高温热处理后其壳层发生重结晶,形成颗粒包裹形貌,而经水热二次硫化法处理后其壳层同样发生重结晶,但包裹颗粒的尺寸明显更小.光催化性能测试表明,处理后样品的光催化性能皆优于未处理样品,其中两者共用法处理的样品产氢性能和稳定性最高.     

水热法合成CdS/ZnO核壳结构纳米微粒

以半胱氨酸镉配合物为前驱体,采用水热法合成CdS纳米微粒,并以ZnO对其进行表面修饰,形成具有核／壳结构的CdS／ZnO半导体纳米微粒,CdS纳米微粒表面经ZnO修饰后,其带边发射大大增强,透射电镜显示,110℃下反应4h所得的CdS／ZnO颗粒尺寸约为20nm,电子衍射表明其结构为六方相。     

核壳结构CdS/ZnS微米球表面处理与光催化制氢性能的关系（英文）

具有高活性和稳定性的半导体光催化材料是太阳能光催化制氢领域的研究热点,其中CdS胶体颗粒催化剂因其合适的禁带宽度和带边位置以及较低的原料价格而广受关注.但它在水溶液中不稳定,易受光腐蚀,因而限制了其应用.目前人们致力于用各种方法提高其稳定性,包括各种纳米结构的应用、复合其他催化剂材料以及不同晶相结构复合.ZnS是一种宽禁宽半导体,禁带宽度为3.6 eV,常被用来与CdS形成固溶体调控其能带结构,从而提高其性能和稳定性.其中核壳结构CdS/ZnS异质结具有骑跨型(I型)能带结构,具有特殊的光学和电学性质,在量子点LED和量子点生物荧光显示剂方面获得关注和应用,同时也显示了良好的光催化性能.研究人员对核壳结构CdS/ZnS异质结材料中ZnS壳层厚度对其光学性能包括荧光效率等的影响进行了研究,然而ZnS壳层厚度、颗粒尺寸及其表面处理对光催化性能影响方面的报道很少.本文发展了一种简易的两步法,制备了核壳结构CdS/ZnS微米球光催化剂.首先采用超声喷雾热分解法制备CdS微米球,然后以水浴法在CdS微米球上生长ZnS壳层.采用扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-vis)和透射电镜(TEM)对所得样品进行了表征.SEM和TEM结果显示,所得微米球为完整包裹的球形核壳结构;XRD表征证实CdS核与ZnS壳层皆为六角相晶型;光催化性能表征结果显示,该样品的光催化制氢性能远高于单独的CdS微米球以及同法所制的ZnS微米球.通过改变前驱液浓度(Zn源浓度分别为0.2,0.3和0.5 mol/L)获得了三种不同厚度的核壳结构CdS/ZnS微米球,X射线荧光光谱结果证实了其壳层厚度成功调控.UV-vis结果发现,其吸收边由内核CdS决定,受壳层厚度的影响不大.光致荧光发射光谱分析发现,随着壳层厚度的增加,其540 nm处的CdS带边发射峰强度逐渐增大.这可能是由于ZnS壳层对CdS表面缺陷的钝化作用降低了其非辐射复合过程,从而提高了荧光发光效率.光催化制氢性能结果表明,前驱液浓度为0.3 mol/L时合成的核壳结构CdS/ZnS微米球的产氢效率最高.为了进一步提高其光催化效率,采用氮气中高温热处理、水热二次硫化法以及两者共用三种方式对性能最优的微米球进行改性,获得了三种核壳结构CdS/ZnS样品.结果发现,这些改性方法未影响其吸收边,但水热二次硫化法处理以及两者共用处理的样品在540 nm处的光致荧光发射峰强度明显高于未处理的和高温热处理的样品,证实水热二次硫化法处理可以有效地消除其表面缺陷,减少非辐射复合.XRD结果表明其晶型没有发生变化.TEM表征发现,经高温热处理后其壳层发生重结晶,形成颗粒包裹形貌,而经水热二次硫化法处理后其壳层同样发生重结晶,但包裹颗粒的尺寸明显更小.光催化性能测试表明,处理后样品的光催化性能皆优于未处理样品,其中两者共用法处理的样品产氢性能和稳定性最高.     

水热法制备核-壳结构的α-ZnS纳米晶

以氯化锌和氨基硫脲为原料，采用配合物低温水热分解法，制备了具有核．壳结构的α-ZnS半导体纳米晶。X射线粉末衍射(XRD)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)确定所制备样品为纯ZnS，透射电镜(TEM)表明产品的形貌是核．壳结构小球，电子衍射图案进一步证实核和壳均是由几个到十几个纳米的ZnS纳米晶组成的聚集体。荧光(FL)性质表明该样品有一定的量子尺寸效应。     

水溶性的CdSe/CdS/ZnS量子点的合成及表征

用L-半胱氨酸盐(Cys)作为稳定剂,合成了水溶性的双壳结构的CdSe/CdS/ZnS半导体量子点。吸收光谱和荧光光谱结果表明,双壳结构的CdSe/CdS/ZnS纳米微粒比单一的CdSe核纳米粒子和单核壳结构的CdSe/CdS纳米粒子具有更优异的发光特性。用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、ED、XRD、XPS和FTIR等方法对CdSe核和双壳层的CdSe/CdS/ZnS纳米微粒的结构、分散性及形貌分别进行了表征。     

聚乙烯吡咯烷酮修饰的CdS纳米晶：多元醇合成、表征和可见光活性

采用溶剂热法合成了具有不同晶粒尺寸的聚乙烯吡咯烷酮（PVP）修饰的CdS纳米晶,并运用XRD,N₂物理吸附,TEM,IR,UV-Vis等手段进行表征。结果表明,所制得的样品均为聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)修饰的CdS纳米晶;添加四甲基氢氧化铵(TMAH)有利于获得晶粒尺寸较小的CdS纳米晶;受纳米晶粒尺寸的影响,CdS纳米晶的吸收边发生蓝移且可见光催化活性明显提高。     

水溶性CdSe/CdS量子点的合成及其与牛血清蛋白的共轭作用

用巯基乙酸(TGA)作为稳定剂，合成了水溶性的CdSe和核壳结构的CdSe/CdS半导体量子点。吸收光谱和荧光光谱研究表明，核壳结构的CdSe/CdS半导体量子点比单一的CdSe量子点具有更优异的发光特性。用TEM、电子衍射(ED)和XPS分别表征了CdSe和CdSe/CdS纳米微粒的结构、形貌及分散性。红外光谱和核磁共振谱证实了巯基乙酸分子中的硫原子和氧原子与纳米微粒表面的金属离子发生了配位作用。在pH值为7.4的条件下，将合成的CdSe和CdSe/CdS量子点直接与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)相互作用。实验发现，两种量子点均对BSA的荧光产生较强的静态猝灭作用；而BSA对两种量子点的荧光则具有显著的荧光增敏作用，存在BSA时CdSe/CdS量子点的荧光增强是不存在BSA时体系荧光强度的3倍。     

表面修饰MnS纳米微粒的结构表征

采用表面修饰的方法 ,以双十八烷基二硫代磷酸盐 (PyDDP)为表面修饰剂 ,制备了双十八烷氧基二硫代磷酸 (DDP)表面修饰的MnS纳米微粒。采用TEM ,DSC ,XRD和FTIR对表面修饰MnS纳米微粒进行结构分析。结果表明 :表面修饰MnS纳米微粒是由DDP表面修饰层和MnS纳米核心所构成 ,微粒尺寸在 5～ 10nm之间 ,无机MnS纳米晶核具有 γ MnS的晶型结构。DDP表面修饰MnS纳米微粒在氯仿、苯和甲苯等有机溶剂中都具有良好的分散性。     

二氧化钛与碳化钨纳米复合材料制备及其对甲醇的电催化氧化活性

以市售纳米二氧化钛(TiO2)为载体,六氯化钨为钨源,将浸渍法与原位还原碳化技术相结合制备了核壳结构碳化钨(WC)/TiO2纳米复合材料;应用X射线衍射分析、透射电子显微镜、高分辨扫描透射成像和X射线能量散射谱等手段对样品晶相、形貌、微结构和化学组成等特征进行了表征.结果表明,样品的晶相由金红石型TiO2、Ti4O7、WC、W2C和WxC构成,钨碳化物负载于钛氧化物外表面,构成比较典型的核壳结构.采用三电极体系和循环伏安法测试了样品在碱性溶液中对甲醇的电催化氧化活性,结果表明,相比于纯碳化钨和二氧化钛,复合材料的电催化活性得到了明显的提升.样品电催化活性的提升与前驱体钨钛摩尔比、还原碳化时间、核壳结构壳层的完整性和晶相组成以及核壳结构中二氧化钛和碳化钨之间的协同效应有关.这说明金红石是能够提升碳化钨电催化氧化活性的载体材料之一.     

液态有机-无机纳米颗粒离子化材料合成及结构研究进展

有机-无机纳米颗粒离子化材料（NIMs）是由无机纳米颗粒核和与其以共价键相连的离子化有机齐聚物或低聚物的冠状层组成的有机-无机杂化材料。根据核和冠状层的几何和化学性质，如纳米核的尺寸、形状及含量，有机层的分子量及接枝度的不同，NIMs可以是从玻璃态固体到自由流动的流体，即纳米颗粒离子化流体（Nms）。液态有机-无机纳米...     

CdS/TiO2复合纳米微粒的原位合成及性质研究

采用一种新方法,在TiO₂表面原位合成CdS纳米微粒,并用红外光谱跟踪了CdS/TiO₂复合纳米微粒的形成过程.紫外吸收光谱研究表明TiO₂对CdS纳米微粒的形成有很好的稳定作用,荧光光谱研究结果表明,这种纳米异质结构有着良好的电荷分离.     

Chemically binding Eu^3＋ onto CdS semiconductor nanoparticle surface

Europium ions were chemically bound to CdS nanoparticles surface by diethylenetri-aminepentaacetate (DTPA, 1) in a two-step synthetic route. First 1 was applied to chelate with cadmium on the surface of cadmium-rich CdS nanoparticles and act as a capping agent. Further, the purified 1-capped particles were used to bind with Eu~3 . The purified and redispersed particles were characterized by photoluminescence spectroscopy, TEM and SEM. It was observed that Eu~3 on the nanoparticle surface significantly increased the band gap emission and decreased the surface emission intensity of the CdS nanoparticles.     

Directed crystallisation of zinc oxide on patterned surfaces

Patterned self-assembled monolayers of functionalised alkane thiols were prepared on gold substrates, using UV-photolithography. Two alkane thiols, 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA) and a fluorinated decane thiol (FDT, CF3(CF2)7CH2CH2SH) were used to fabricate chemically structured surfaces which served as templates for zinc oxide (ZnO) crystallisation. When these patterns, containing high (MUA) and low (FDT) surface energy regions were exposed to a 10 mM zinc nitrate crystallising solution, nucleation occurred selectively on the low energy regions. After 90 min, hexagonal prisms had grown upright on these areas. The crystal growth is uniform with a crystal length of about 1 mum and a diameter between 50 and 100 nm. We attribute the selective growth to a combination of crystallographic frustration of the zinc ions on the high energy regions and an accumulation of hydroxide ions on the low energy regions.     

基于DNA电化学发光传感器研究金纳米颗粒对量子点的电化学发光影响

纳米金颗粒具有高的消光系数和良好的表面等离子体共振特性, 其等离子体共振特性受纳米金颗粒的尺寸和周围环境等因素的影响. 本文基于半导体纳米晶电化学发光信号对金纳米颗粒的距离依赖性制备了DNA电化学发光传感器. 首先利用循环伏安法(CV)在玻碳电极(GCE)表面原位沉积金纳米颗粒(AuNPs), 巯基丙酸包裹的CdS量子点(QDs)与氨基修饰的双链DNA (dsDNA)通过酰胺键缩合, 形成量子点修饰的双链DNA(QDs-dsDNA). 最后将QDs-dsDNA 通过dsDNA 另一端的巯基组装到纳米金表面, 得到CdS QDs-DNA/AuNPs/GCE电化学发光传感器. 在优化电极表面QDs-dsDNA密度、金纳米颗粒沉积方法等实验条件的基础上, 对不同传感器的表面性质进行了表征, 如形貌和电化学阻抗等. 进一步通过控制纳米金和CdS QDs之间的DNA研究了纳米金对CdS QDs发光信号的影响作用. 结果显示DNA链的长度和类型对发光信号有着重要的影响. 最后将此传感器用于环境污染物的DNA损伤检测, 显示出很好的灵敏响应.     

Stability of colloidal solutions containing various surface-modified cadmium sulfide particles under stationary illumination

Stability of the various colloidal solutions containing CdS particles with the surface modified by thiols such as thioglycerol (TG-CdS), mercaptophenyltetrazole (MPT-CdS), mercaptobenzimidazole (MBI-CdS), and mercaptoacetate (MA-CdS) (capped CdS particles) under the stationary illumination was studied by monitoring the changes in the absorption spectra to obtain knowledge about the influence of these capping agents on photocatalytic events such as electron and hole transfer processes at the capped semiconductor particle-solution interface. By the stationary illumination of the capped CdS particles, the photo-aggregation of the particles was observed in water and the photo-dissolution in organic solvents. The observed difference may be ascribed to the oxidative elimination of the capping agents from the CdS particles which occurs assisted by proton dissociation from the agents in water but not in organic solvents with aprotic nature. Addition of iodide which is known as a hole scavenger enhanced the photo-dissolution of both the capped and ordinary non-capped CdS particles, contrary to the expected photo-aggregation.     

Patterning porous matrices and planar substrates with quantum dots

Silica hydrogels and planar substrates were patterned with CdS nanoparticles using a photolithographic method based on the photo dissociation of thiols and cadmium-thiolate complexes. Silica hydrogels were prepared via a standard base-catalyzed route. The solvent was exchanged with an aqueous solution of CdSO₄ and 2-mercaptoethanol, and the samples were then exposed to a focused ultraviolet beam. Planar substrates were patterned by illuminating a precursor solution spin coated on the substrates. CdS nanoparticles formed in the illuminated spots, and had a diameter below about 2 nm. The diameter of the spots illuminated by the UV beam could be varied from a few hundred to a few μm, on both hydrogels and planar substrates. Samples were characterized with transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and optical absorption, photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopies. All these techniques confirmed the chemical identity of the CdS nanoparticles. To investigate the mechanism of nanoparticle formation, we took absorption spectra of the precursor solution as a function of irradiation time. In unirradiated solutions, we noticed a maximum at 250 nm, characteristic of Cd-thiolate complexes. The absorption at 250 nm decreased with increasing irradiation time. A new band appeared at 265 nm for exposures around 5 min, and that band shifted to 290 nm in samples exposed for 10 min. A yellow precipitate formed after about 30 min. XRD showed that the precipitate was cubic CdS, with a mean particle size of 1.4 nm. We attribute formation of CdS to the photodissociation of the thiols and of the Cd-thiolates. UV irradiation of these precursors yields a series of species that can react with Cd²⁺, such as RS^·, S²⁻ and H₂S. Small CdS nanoparticles form in the initial stages of illumination, and present absorption bands in the 265–290 nm region. These CdS aggregates grow, coalesce and precipitate for longer irradiation times.     

Synthesis of highly monodisperse quantum dot‐loaded polymer beads by impregnation and precipitation techniques

A novel approach to the synthesis of highly monodisperse quantum dot‐loaded polymer beads by combining impregnation and precipitation techniques was reported. The monodisperse poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) beads were first synthesized by dispersion polymerization. Then, the PGMA beads were chemically modified to generate carboxyl groups, and impregnation of cadmium ions (Cd²⁺) inside the beads. Subsequently, the cadmium ions were reacted with thioacetamide to form cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum dots within the polymer beads. The morphology, structure, and properties of CdS quantum dot‐loaded polymer beads were studied by field emission scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope, fluorescence spectrophotometer, fluorescence microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, powder X‐ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis. The results indicated that the CdS quantum dot‐loaded polymer beads had an average size of 1.4 μm, and were highly monodisperse. More interestingly, the CdS quantum dots distributed evenly within the polymer beads, which provide very strong fluorescence intensity. The existence of carboxyl groups on the quantum dot‐loaded polymer beads was measured quantitatively, and was found to be 0.2 mmol/g. These CdS quantum dot‐loaded polymer beads involving functional carboxyl groups would have potential applications in biological immunoassay and photoelectronic fields. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2013     

Selective nucleophilic substitution reactions on poly(epichlorohydrin) using aromatic and aliphatic thiol compounds

Poly(epichlorohydrin) has been modified chemically using aromatic and aliphatic thiol compounds. The reactivity and kinetics of these modifiers with respect to substitution and elimination was studied. Therefore, the chemical structure of the reaction products was analysed using ¹³C NMR, ¹H NMR and ¹³C-DEPT spectroscopies. It is shown that both, aromatic as well as aliphatic thiols, are highly selective with respect to nucleophilic substitution as reaction conditions can be found which allow one to achieve degrees of modification of up to 90% without any elimination side-reaction. As a consequence no degradative chain-scission takes place what has been confirmed by GPC analysis.A comparison between both types of thiol modifiers shows that aromatic ones react faster and that higher degrees of modification are reached than with their aliphatic homologues.     

A Simple Approach to Fabricate CdS-SiO2 Hybrid Microspheres by Producing CdS Nanoparticles on the Surface of Thiolated SiO2 Microspheres

IntroductionSemiconductor nanoparticles show a quantum sizeeffect and have attracted much attention because oftheir unique photochemical and photophysical proper-ties[1—4].In recent years,quantumdots of CdS and in-organic nanoparticles hybrid composites …