In this work various morphologies of thallium sulfide nanostructures were synthesized via a hydrothermal reaction between thallium acetate and thioglycolic acid. The effect of different surfactants such as cationic, anionic and neutral on the morphology of Tl 2 S nanostructures was investigated. Thioglycolic acid was used as sulphur source and capping agent simultaneously. Photo-catalytic property of Tl 2 S was examined by degradation of organic dyes under UV light irradiation. Nanostructures were characterized by X-ray diffraction, photo luminescence, Fourier transform infra-red, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Mono-dispersed nanoparticles were achieved by using poly ethylene glycol and poly vinyl pyrrolidone as capping agents.