Physical Characterisation of Some Semiconductor Clusters Encapsulated in Zeolites
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.