SYNTHESIS OF CdS NANOPARTICLES USING GLUCOSE AS A CAPPING AGENT

In recent years the synthesis of stabilized cadmium sulfide nanoparticles has attracted particular attention owing to their optical, luminescence and photoconducting properties. In the present work, a simple method is followed to synthesize glucose capped CdS nanoparticles. The CdS nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UVvis absorption spectra and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Hexagonal wurtzite structure of CdS nanoparticles was confirmed from X-ray diffraction analysis. The room temperature photoluminescence spectra of the as-synthesized CdS showed a broad and a strong peak at around 420 nm.