Physical Characterisation of Some Semiconductor Clusters Encapsulated in Zeolites

Felicia Dacia Iacomi

Felicia Dacia Iacomi

Faculty of Physics, “Al.I.Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania

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First published: 27 June 2000

Summary

CdS and ZnS particles were synthesised inside some synthetic mordenite and natural clinoptilolite and monocrystalline laumontite by treating the calcined Cd2+ and Zn2+ ion exchanged forms with 1 molar solution Na2S. The photoluminescence emission spectra (λ= 337 nm) were recorded at 293 and 77 K. Stokes-shifted luminescence suggests that ZnS and CdS exists mostly as well-defined aggregates. The electrical measurements were made as a function of temperature and evidenced some changes in the electrical conductivity and in the thermal activation energy of zeolites having semiconductor nanocrystallites in their channels.

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