β-Ag2 Se and β-AgCuSe nanoparticles were synthesized using AgCl precursor instead of conventional AgNO3 by simple precipitation method.It was found that orthorhombic structures were obtained for both β-AgzSe and β...β-Ag2 Se and β-AgCuSe nanoparticles were synthesized using AgCl precursor instead of conventional AgNO3 by simple precipitation method.It was found that orthorhombic structures were obtained for both β-AgzSe and β-AgCuSe nanoparticles.The result shows Ag2 S as impurity while increasing the concentration of AgCl.Moreover,the microstructural images show polyhedraland pebble-like particles.The band gap energy is increased for β-AgzSe owing to small crystallite size.The AgC1 precursor can effectively produce pure nanoparticles.Hence,it is interesting in terms of identification of potential precursor for synthesizingβ-Ag2 Se and β-AgCuSe nanoparticles.展开更多
基金the DST-FIST,UGC-SAP,New Delhi,India,for providing the financial support to the Department of Physics,Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,Tirunelveli,Tamil Nadu,India
文摘β-Ag2 Se and β-AgCuSe nanoparticles were synthesized using AgCl precursor instead of conventional AgNO3 by simple precipitation method.It was found that orthorhombic structures were obtained for both β-AgzSe and β-AgCuSe nanoparticles.The result shows Ag2 S as impurity while increasing the concentration of AgCl.Moreover,the microstructural images show polyhedraland pebble-like particles.The band gap energy is increased for β-AgzSe owing to small crystallite size.The AgC1 precursor can effectively produce pure nanoparticles.Hence,it is interesting in terms of identification of potential precursor for synthesizingβ-Ag2 Se and β-AgCuSe nanoparticles.