Issue 14, 2011

Generalized synthesis of metal sulfidenanocrystals from single-source precursors: size, shape and chemical composition control and their properties

Abstract

A general and facile method is reported for the synthesis of a wide range of metal sulfide nanocrystals including silver sulfide, zinc sulfide, cadmium sulfide, lead sulfide, bismuth sulfide, tin sulfide, iron sulfide and copper sulfide, etc. This method is based on the thermal decomposition of single-source precursors composed of metal-diethyldithiocarbamate in solution phase. By this method, not only the size and shape but also the chemical composition of the products can be easily controlled. Furthermore, these as-synthesized metal sulfides with different sizes, shapes and chemical compositions exhibit novel optical, electronic and magnetic properties, such as near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence (PL), strong ferromagnetism and excellent electrochemical properties. We expect that this facile methodology for metal sulfides synthesis can be generalized to other nanocrystals synthesis, and be of high importance to explore the new properties.

Graphical abstract: Generalized synthesis of metal sulfide nanocrystals from single-source precursors: size, shape and chemical composition control and their properties

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Dec 2010
Accepted
06 Apr 2011
First published
09 May 2011

CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 4572-4579

Generalized synthesis of metal sulfide nanocrystals from single-source precursors: size, shape and chemical composition control and their properties

S. Shen, Y. Zhang, L. Peng, B. Xu, Y. Du, M. Deng, H. Xu and Q. Wang, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 4572 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00982B

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