Synthesis of copper quantum dots by chemical reduction method and tailoring of its band gap

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Metallic copper nano particles are synthesized with citric acid and CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) as surfactant and chlorides as precursors. The particle size and surface morphology are analyzed by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy. The average size of the nano particle is found to be 3 - 10 nm. The optical absorption characteristics are done by UV-Visible spectrophotometer. From the Tauc plots, the energy band gaps are calculated and because of their smaller size the particles have much higher band gap than the bulk material. The energy band gap is changed from 3.67 eV to 4.27 eV in citric acid coated copper quantum dots and 4.17 eV to 4.52 eV in CTAB coated copper quantum dots.

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Prabhash, P. G., & Nair, S. S. (2016). Synthesis of copper quantum dots by chemical reduction method and tailoring of its band gap. AIP Advances, 6(5). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4948747

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