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PHASE TRANSITIONS
Volume 89, Issue 2, Pages 155-166Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01411594.2015.1102257
Keywords
nanoparticles; solvothermal method; structural; band gap energy
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(Ag-2)(x)Cu1-xS, x = .2, .4, .6 and .8 nanoparticles were synthesized by the solvothermal method. The as-synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction to study the crystal structure and size. The surface morphologies of the above samples were studied using scanning electron microscope. As there is continuous shift in the lower wavelength absorption edge of the UV-VIS spectrum of these samples with concentration, (Ag-2)(x)Cu1-xS nanoparticles can be tuned to different band gap energies by varying the composition. The D.C. electrical resistance was measured in the temperature range 310-485K. As Ag2S transforms from monoclinic to bcc at around 450K, copper sulfide nanoparticles also shows a phase transition at around 470K, the effects of these two transitions are seen in the resistance measurements and in the UV-VIS spectra of the entire system. The electrical resistance of (Ag-2)(x)Cu1-xS nanoparticles rapidly reduces as more and more copper sulfide is added.
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