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These nanocrystals were integrated with CdSe qdots (synthesized using Hot-Injection technique) of varied size (5 nm and 8 nm) via MPA (mercaptopropionic\n acid) as a linker to develop hybrid nano-compounds for photoactive applications like Quantum Dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSC\u2019s) etc. Here, the main objective of the work was to explore the structure of hybrid nano-compounds. XPS-depth-profiling technique was used as an investigation\n technique for the compositional and structural analyses of ZnO\u2013CdSe nano-compounds. The compositional structure was analyzed layer wise (obtained by etching at different time of sputtering) for the exact position of ZnO and CdSe nanoparticles. On the basis of above study utilizing depth\n profiling technique of XPS and TEM images, it was found that high quality of hybrid nano-compounds can be synthesized with smaller sized quantum dots, as compared to larger sized quantum dots because of unbounded phosphorus (P) and selenium (Se). Also, it confirms the role of linker that strengthens\n the binding of CdSe quantum dots on the surface of ZnO thus making it hard to separate the anchored, interstitial CdSe completely which paves the way for the development of stoichiometric, structurally and morphologically-stable ZnO\u2013CdSe nano-compounds.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1166\/jnn.2020.17513","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,21]],"date-time":"2019-11-21T04:46:18Z","timestamp":1574311578000},"page":"3741-3753","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Structural Modelling of Hybrid ZnO\u2013CdSe Nano-Compounds Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Depth-Profiling Technique"],"prefix":"10.1166","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Shefali","family":"Jain","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Human Resource Development Centre, (CSIR-HRDC) Campus, Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India; CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL),\n Dr. K. 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