Synthesis of Monodisperse CdSe QDs Using Controlled Growth Temperatures

Abstract

This paper reports on the effect of growth temperatures on optical properties of monodisperse CdSe QDs synthesized via wet chemical method. The growth temperature was varied from 260 – 310 °C while growth period was fixed at 60 s. The resulting colloidal was in strong quantum confinement regime and having yield as high as 53%. As the growth temperature increased, the monodispersed CdSe QDs with diameter in the range of 3-7 nm were obtained. Both absorption and PL spectra of the QDs revealed a strong red-shift with the increment of growth temperature. Thus, the size of QDs was enlarged with increment of the wavelength from both the spectra. Consequently, the energy gap of resulting QDs can be tuned by tuning the size of QDs. More importantly, the narrow widths of the PL emissions with different colors make these colloidal to be a potential candidate for different optical and optoelectronic devices.