Time and Temperature Dependence of CdS Nanoparticles Grown in a Polystyrene Matrix

Table 1

Summary of CdS QDs sizes obtained from XRD, UV-Vis, HRTEM, and DLS measurements for sample annealed at 240°C (120, 240, 480 minutes) and at 300°C (5, 10, 20 minutes).

Annealing temperature	240°C			300°C
Annealing time	120 min	240 min	480 min	5 min	10 min	20 min
XRD size	1.0 nm	1.2 nm	1.8 nm	1.2 nm	1.5 nm	1.8 nm
UV-Vis size	3.3 nm	3.4 nm	4.2 nm	3.4 nm	3.8 nm	4.5 nm
TEM size	2.6 nm	2.9 nm	3.3 nm	3.2 nm	3.7 nm	4.6 nm