Fabrication of CdSe quantum dots/permutite luminescent materials

Abstract

Permutite incorporating CdSe in mesopores has been prepared with a simple route. Firstly, mercaptosuccinic acid-capped CdSe quantum dots (QDs) were prepared in aqueous solution by using SeO₂ as selenium source and NaBH as reductant. Secondly, the commercial permutite was treated with acetic acid to induce a partial dealumnization, which can introduce a large number of intracrystal mesopores, and the CdSe QDs were successfully incorporated in the mesopores with the wet impregnation method. Photoluminescence spectra, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were used for the characterization of samples. The spectra analyses results showed that the illuminant colour of QDs/permutite powder was similar to the corresponding QDs colloid. X-ray diffraction measurements indicated that the (1 0 1) diffraction peak at 2𝜃 = 27° for QDs/permutite powder was the same as the raw permutite, and the energy-dispersive X-ray spectra demonstrated that Cd and Se elements existed in the CdSe QDs/permutite powder.