Morphological And Photocatalytic Studies Of Sol-Gel Derived Cds Nanostructures

Research Article
Durga Prasad P and Nageswara Rao G
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0908.2530
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
CdS nanoparticles; Reducing agents; Photocatalysis; methylene blue; Crystalinity and morphology
Abstract: 

The systematic influences of structure and sizes of nanoparticles have greatly advantage in numerous application fields, conversely structure of nanoparticle has been much more difficult to achieve. Hence investigation of novel method for synthesis of differently shaped nanoparticles is inspiring research area. In present study Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles synthesized using various reducing agents such as Polyethylene Glycol (PEG), Polyvinyl Propylene (PVP), Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) and Co-Block Polymer. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using X-ray Diffraction, FTIR, UV-Visible spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscope. The photocatalytic activities of as synthesized CdS nanoparticles were estimated by photo degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye under visible light irradiation.