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Fabrication and optical properties of mesoporous ZnSe nanosheets@SiO2 nanocomposites

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Generally, the combination of semiconductor nanomaterials and an inert matrix could form a new material with enhanced optical property and corrosion resistance. Herein, 2D mesoporous sheet-like ZnSe nanostructure assembled from lots of 0D nanoparticles was first fabricated, the possible growth mechanism was proposed. Due to the presence of two different dimensions in ZnSe nanosheets (NSs), two absorption peaks around 421 and 480 nm were observed in the UV–Vis absorption spectrum. The violet, blue and green emissions were observed in the room-temperature PL spectrum of ZnSe NSs. Then, ZnSe NSs@SiO2 nanocomposites were synthesized by a modified Stöber method. After coated with SiO2, the LO phonon peak of ZnSe was asymmetrically broadened and weakened. When the adding amount of TEOS was 0.2 ml, the blue emission intensity of ZnSe NSs@SiO2 was more than eleven times that of bare ZnSe NSs, the corrosion resistance was enhanced. Different emission peaks were observed in the violet-blue and visible region of ZnSe NSs@SiO2. The optical properties of ZnSe NSs have been effectively regulated by adjusting the adding amount of TEOS, indicating the effective surface passivation by SiO2.

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This work is supported by the Program for the development of Science and Technology of Jilin province (Item No. 20220101023JC, YDZJ202201ZYTS308, YDZJ202301ZYTS246 and YDZJ202301ZYTS253) and the National Youth Program Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61705079).

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Xiaoyan Liu: investigation, data curation, writing-original draft, writing-review and editing. Shuang Wang: data curation, writing-original draft, visualization. Jiaze Wang: validation, formal analysis. Yaohui Liu: software. Hougang Fan: conceptualization, methodology. Xin Li: conceptualization, formal analysis. Yanli Chen: formal analysis. Qiong Wu: software. Jian Cao: resources, supervision. Lili Yang: resources, supervision.

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Liu, X., Wang, S., Wang, J. et al. Fabrication and optical properties of mesoporous ZnSe nanosheets@SiO2 nanocomposites. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 735 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12517-4

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