Structural and chemical properties of highly oriented cadmium sulfide (CdS) cauliflower films

The Mars–Van Krevelen cycle and non-noble metal Ni jointly promoting Z-scheme charge transfer: a study on the photothermal synergy effect applied in selectively oxidizing aromatic alcohols

“…For pure CdS, the two peaks of the Cd 3d spectrum located at 403.16 eV and 410.02 eV are attributed to Cd 3d 5/2 and Cd 3d 3/2 , respectively. 32,33 The binding energies at 159.45 eV and 160.69 eV are in accordance with S 2p 3/2 and S 2p 1/2 in Fig. 3c.…”

Reduced graphene oxide–CdS nanocomposites with enhanced visible-light photoactivity synthesized using ionic-liquid precursors

“…There are slight shifts in the Cd 3d (from 405.5 eV to 404.4 eV, 412.2 eV to 411.1 eV) and S2p (from 165 eV to 161.5 eV) peaks to lower binding energies when compared to the standard values reported in the literature for CdS. 40,41 The possible reason is that Cd atoms accept electrons from RGO, which causes the electron density around the Cd atoms to increase and thus for the Cd-S bond length to decrease. 42 Hence, the binding energies of Cd 3d and S 2p are reduced.…”

Control of the crystalline phase and morphology of CdS deposited on microstructured surfaces by chemical bath deposition

“…It is clear that at pH 8, the hexagonal (WZ) phase is dominant and phase pure irrespective of the deposition time. The relative intensity of the CdS (002) peak formed at pH 8 was higher than the bulk hexagonal crystal phase, suggesting preferential growth along the c-axis rather than random orientation [16,19,20]. No impurities were observed that could be attributed to the CdS cubic phase at pH 8 (e.g.…”

“…CdS can exist either in the hexagonal wurtzite (WZ, P6 3 mc) or cubic zinc blende (ZB, F43m) structures [15,16]. Under laboratory conditions, the WZ structure is the most thermodynamically stable phase of CdS although the energy difference between the WZ and metastable zinc-blende (ZB) structure is only a few milli-electron volts per atom [15].…”