1Ram-Eesh Institute of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
2R.T.D.C., Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Email id: rahul.jain0590@gmail.com
**vinaykumar.verma@sharda.ac.in
Online published on 14 April, 2015.
In this communication, we illustrate an effortless, convenient and less hazardous route for the synthesis of good quality cadmium selenide nanoparticles by thermolysis of a novel single source precursor, CdCl2[Se{(CH2)2NH2}2] under nitrogen atmosphere at 330°C. The synthesized nanomaterials have been characterised by X-ray powder diffractometer (XRD), ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectrophotometer, transmission electron microscope (TEM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The several X-ray diffracted peaks of synthesized CdSe nanocrystals revealed the uniqueness of Hexagonal (Wurtzite) CdSe with an average particle sizeof 76nm. Electronicspectrum showswide energyband gap of2.94eV.
CdSe nanoparticle, Single source precursor, Hexagonal, Band gap
