The present invention discloses monodisperse near
infrared silver telluride quantum dots and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises: uniformly mixing a
tellurium sodium hydride aqueous solution and an organic solution of a silver source, adding a surface ligand, carrying out a
hydrothermal reaction, and carrying out surface functionalization to obtain the near
infrared silver telluride quantum dots having the monodispersity in the polar
solvent. According to the present invention, the near
infrared silver telluride quantum dots are prepared by using the solvothermal-assisted phase interface synthesis method, wherein the
reaction conditions are mild and controllable, the operation is simple, the
repeatability is good, the used reagents are cheap and easy to obtain, the obtained near infrared silver
telluride quantum dots have characteristics of uniform particle size, near-infrared
luminescence property and high
quantum yield, and by adjusting the particle size, the
wavelength can be adjusted within 1300-1350 nm. In addition, the method of the present invention can be used for preparation of other
telluride nanometer materials, easily amplify the reaction, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production.