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Kentaro Tanaka1, Yasuaki Jin-nouchi1, Musashi Fujishima1
1Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, 3-4-1, Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan.
Abstract:
PbSe quantum dots (QDs) were formed on TiO2 by a two-step photodeposition technique. At the first step, UV-light irradiation of TiO2 in an ethanol solution of H2SeO3 yields Se QDs on the TiO2 surface in a highly dispersed state (Se/TiO2). At the second step, UV-light irradiation of Se/TiO2 in an ethanol solution of Pb(ClO4)2 transforms Se QDs into several tens of nanometer-sized cubic deposits identified as PbSe (PbSe/TiO2) by X-ray diffraction, electronic absorption measurements and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Photochronopotentiometry measurements suggested that the PbSe QDs are formed on TiO2 via the Pb(2+) ion-assisted reduction of Se particles.
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