The invention relates to a method for preparing high
fluorescence-efficiency
cadmium telluride quantum dots through cathodic
tellurium electrodes. The method is characterized in that: (1) stable
tellurium rods are taken as
tellurium electrodes; under the
electric potential between 0.95 V below zero and 1.2 V below zero (relative to Ag|AgCl|KCl(sat.) electrodes), the cathodic tellurium electrodes are used as a tellurium source to prepare a
cadmium telluride precursor solution, so as to replace a
sodium hydrogen telluride or
hydrogen telluride source easy to oxidize by air, or an aluminum telluride source easy to absorb water; therefore, the preparation of the
quantum dots can be carried out in an open
system without specific protective
atmosphere; (2) the
cadmium telluride
quantum dots with different modified groups on the surfaces can be prepared by taking a mercapto-compound as a stabilizer; (3) preparation process is completed in an aqueous phase at a temperature between 70 and 100 DEG C, and the water-soluble quantum dots used for biological markers and detection can be prepared; and (4) the particle size and maximum emission
wavelength of the cadmium telluride quantum dots can be adjusted by controlling
heating time. The cadmium telluride quantum dots synthesized in the invention have the particle size between 2.0 and 5.0 nanometers, the maximum emission
wavelength between 500 and 650 nanometers, the emission-spectrum half-peak width between 40 and 55 nanometers, as well as the
fluorescence quantum yield from 60 to 78 percent. The method has the characteristics of convenience, rapidness, environment protection, good reproducibility, low cost and the like, provides a feasible way for synthesizing high-quality cadmium telluride quantum dots, and can have wide application prospects in the nanometer devices,
optoelectronics, biological sensing and other fields.