摘要

Nanoparticles of cadmium sulfide (nano-CdS) have been successfully prepared from an aqueous solution of cadmium chloride and sodium sulfide by a novel sonochemical method. Through adding polyvinylpyrrolidone K30 (PVP) as the dispersant, a yellow translucent colloidal solution of cadmium sulfide which was considerably stable within at least one month was obtained. The characterizations of nanoparticles by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and FT-IR spectroscopy showed good properties of small size, high surface area and crystal structure. The size of the prepared nanoparticles was about 3-5 nm according to XRD spectra and TEM images. Poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) has been employed to fabricate multilayer films on quartz wafer and indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode in a layer-by-layer manner. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) displayed the dense coverage of the substrate surface by the nanoparticles. UV-vis absorption spectroscopy confirmed the consecutive growth of PDDA/nanoparticles layer pairs. The photoelectrochemical and the electrochemical behaviors of the prepared CdS particle were examined as well.