A Novel Spray Based Method for the Production of Semiconductor Nanocrystals

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We present a novel spray based method for the formation and production of semiconductor nanocrystals that provides an attractive alternative to the commonly used epitaxial and colloidal procedures. According to this spray-based method, mainly thermospray, solutions of semiconductor salts are first sprayed into monodispersed droplets, which subsequently become solid nanoparticles by solvent evaporation. A semiconductor nanoparticle is produced from a single spray droplet upon the full vaporization of the solvent. The average diameter and size distribution of the final nanocrystals are controlled and determined by the solute concentration of the sprayed solution and by the droplet size, hence by the spray production parameters. The spray-produced nanocrystals are collected on any selected solid support. Representative results, shown in this paper, reveal the formation of CdS nanocrystals in the size range of 3 to 6 nanometer and with a size distribution of as low as five percents. A further structural analysis of these nanocrystals showed that they were formed in the zinc blend phase with high degree of crystallinity.

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Amirav, L., Lifshitz, E. A Novel Spray Based Method for the Production of Semiconductor Nanocrystals. MRS Online Proceedings Library 879, 37 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-879-Z3.7

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