Issue 10, 2013

Effect of oleic acidligand on photophysical, photoconductive and magnetic properties of monodisperse SnO2 quantum dots

Abstract

Oleic acid capped monodisperse SnO2 quantum dots (QDs) of size 2.7 nm were synthesized by thermal decomposition and oxidation of SnII(oleate) complex in high boiling nonpolar solvent octadecene using oleic acid as a capping agent and N-methylmorpholine N-oxide as an oxidizing agent. FTIR, DSC and TGA were employed to understand the growth of the oleic acid capped SnO2 QDs through the decomposition of metal fatty acid complex. The surface defect-related luminescence properties of the QDs were demonstrated using steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy. The oleic acid capping on the QD surface modifies the electronic structure of SnO2 and generates blue emission. Moreover the surface capping on the QDs diminishes the photocatalytic activity of bare SnO2 QDs due to absence of surface oxygen and adsorbed hydroxyl group on the surface of the capped QDs. The capping by the long chain ligand oleic acid makes the SnO2 QDs less conducting. Ligand exchange of the long chain oleic acid (2.5 nm) by the short chain n-butylamine (0.6 nm) increases the current density of SnO2 around 43 times due to the reduction of the interparticle distance. Ferromagnetic behaviour of oleic acid capped QDs may be ascribed to the defects in the host due to the alteration of the electronic structure owing to the capping.

Graphical abstract: Effect of oleic acid ligand on photophysical, photoconductive and magnetic properties of monodisperse SnO2 quantum dots

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Aug 2012
Accepted
07 Nov 2012
First published
07 Nov 2012

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 3434-3446

Effect of oleic acid ligand on photophysical, photoconductive and magnetic properties of monodisperse SnO2 quantum dots

S. Ghosh, K. Das, K. Chakrabarti and S. K. De, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 3434 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31764H

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