Morphology-controlled growth of crystalline antimony sulfide via a refluxing polyol process

Rui Zhang, Xiangying Chen, Maosong Mo, Zhenghua Wang, Meng Zhang, Xinyuan Liu, Yitai Qian

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Abstract

By refluxing antimony trichloride (SbCl3) and thiourea in various solvents at suitable reaction conditions, antimony sulfide (Sb 2S3) crystallites with a diversity of well-defined morphologies were synthesized. Sb2S3 rods with the average diameter of 800nm and the length of 7 μm, as well as microtubes with the average outer diameter of 1.2 μm, the average inner diameter of 800nm and the length of 8 μm, were obtained in 1,2-propanediol at 180°C for 10 min. In contrast, a series of experiments under different conditions were carried out to investigate the influencing factors on the reaction. The as-synthesized products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscope and X-ray photoelectron spectra. The results indicate Sb2S 3 crystals with different morphologies, including rod-like, tube-like, bowknot-like, flower-like, straw-bundled-like, taken under different experimental conditions. It is found that the reaction temperature, time, solvent and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (as a polymer capping reagent) play important roles in the formation of the final Sb2S3 crystallites with different morphologies. Also, the possible growth mechanism is discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)449-455
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Crystal Growth
Volume262
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 15 2004

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Funding Information:
Financial support from the National Nature Science Foundation of P. R. China, the State Key Basic Research and 973 Projects are gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

  • A1. Crystal morphology
  • A1. Solvents
  • A2. Growth from solutions
  • B1. Inorganic compounds
  • B1. Sulfides
  • B2. Semiconducting materials

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