Structural and Optical Properties of Chemically Synthesized ZnS Nanoparticals

Different samples of ZnS nanoparticals were synthesized by chemical co-precipitation method at room temperature using zincsulphate as zinc source and sodium sulphide as sulphur source. Structural properties of synthesized ZnS nanoparticles were studied by X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD) while optical properties were examined by UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy. XRD pattern showed the as synthesized ZnS nanoparticles have cubic zinc blended structure with 2.0-2.87 nm average crystallite size and lattice constant a=5.829 Ao. UV-Visible absorption spectrum showed the band gap energy of the ZnS nanoparticals corresponding to absorption edge are found in the range of 2.63eV-3.87eV, which shows increase in band gap with the decrease of crystallite size of the nanoparticles.