Effect of particle size on dielectric and photoluminescence spectroscopy of ZnS nanoparticles

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P.K. GHOSH

Abstract. Nanoparticles of ZnS in thin film form have been synthesized by radio frequency magnetron sputtering technique on glass and Si substrates at substrate temperature 300 K. X-ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction studies confirmed the formation of nanocrystalline cubic phase of ZnS in the films. TEM micrographs of the thin films revealed the manifestation of ZnS nanoparticles with sizes lying in the range 3.00 – 5.83 nm. The room temperature photoluminescence spectra of the films showed two peaks centered around 315 nm and 450 nm. We assigned the first peak due to bandgap transitions while the latter due to sulfur vacancy in the films. The composition analysis by energy dispersive X-rays also supported the existence of sulfur deficiency in the films. The dielectric property study showed high dielectric permittivity (85-100) at a higher frequency (>5 KHz).

Keywords
ZnS Nanoparticles, Photoluminescence, Dielectric

Published online 12/10/2016, 4 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: P.K. GHOSH, ‘Effect of particle size on dielectric and photoluminescence spectroscopy of ZnS nanoparticles’, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp 1-4, 2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291197-1

The article was published as article 1 of the book Dielectric Materials and Applications

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