One-Pot Synthesis of Environmental Friendly Ni₃S₂ Quantum Dots

A one-pot synthetic method for non-toxic Ni3S2 quantum dots (QDs) was proposed by using commercial available nickel acetate as the precursor. The obtained quantum dots were characterized by photoluminescence spectroscopic, powder X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. The maximum fluorescence emission peak of Ni3N2 QDs is at 469 nm under the 365 nm ultraviolet light irradiation in PL Spectra. The TEM data reveals that the predominance of particles with a polyhedron structure and the range of average particle size are between 5 and 11 nm.