Fabrication of PbS Quantum Dot Doped TiO2 Nanotubes

Chalita Ratanatawanate, Chunrong Xiong and Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr.*
Department of Chemistry and the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083-0688
ACS Nano, 2008, 2 (8), pp 1682–1688
DOI: 10.1021/nn800141e
Publication Date (Web): August 6, 2008
Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society
* Address correspondence to balkus@utdallas.edu.

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PbS quantum dots (PbS QDs) were prepared on the inside and outside surfaces of TiO2 nanotubes by using thiolactic acid as an organic linker. The sizes of PbS QDs were controlled by employing a dip coating process to anchor the PbS QDs onto the TiO2 nanotubes. The PbS QDs with diameters of 2−10 nm were obtained by adjusting the concentration of thiolactic acid. TiO2 nanotubes with PbS QDs located only inside the nanotubes were prepared by first coating the tubes with the double-chain cationic surfactant DDAB. The PbS QDs supported on TiO2 nanotubes were characterized by TEM, as well as Raman, FT-IR, and UV−vis spectroscopy.

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  • Published In Issue August 26, 2008
  • Article ASAPAugust 06, 2008
  • Received: March 07, 2008
    Accepted: June 02, 2008

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