Facile fabrication and optical properties of nanostructural PbSe films

PbSe films with different nanostructures, such as nanoparticles, nanohollows and hierarchical structures, can be synthesized by adjusting the current density and the reaction temperature via a convenient and efficient electrochemical route in the absence of hard template and surfactant. The calculated band gaps of the prepared PbSe nanoparticles and nanohollows were about 0.32 and 0.43 eV, respectively. This suggests that quantum size effect in nanohollows greatly influences their band gap. This preparation method possesses remarkable advantages, such as low cost, high efficiency and easy preparation, which are very suitable for preparing nanomaterials.