Photoluminescence emission from nanostructured porous preparations of CdS–ZnTiO3 assembled nanoparticles

This study reports the structural and optical properties of CdS/ZnTiO₃ nanocomposites prepared using a chemical bath and different titanate concentrations. Commercial ZnTiO₃ nanoparticles were introduced into a chemical bath that had been used to produce CdS semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs). Here, the growing CdS crystallites precipitated onto the suspended zinc titanate NPs. X‐ray diffraction patterns revealed that samples of CdS/ZnTiO₃ nanopowders were made of cubic ZnTiO₃ and hexagonal CdS wurtzite. The morphology of the particles was studied using transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy images. These images demonstrated the different characteristics of the CdS/ZnTiO₃ nanocomposites and their dependence on titanate concentration when placed into the CdS‐growing solution. Photoluminescence spectra showed three main emission bands for the electron transitions in the CdS/ZnTiO₃ composite. This composite produced three photoluminescence bands, the intensities of which depended on composite shape, which in turn depended on the relative concentrations of CdS and ZnTiO₃.