The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials

Dunne, Peter W.; Starkey, Christopher L.; Gimeno-Fabra, Miquel; Lester, Edward

Abstract

Continuous flow hydrothermal synthesis offers a cheap, green and highly scalable route for the preparation of inorganic nanomaterials which has predominantly been applied to metal oxide based materials. In this work we report the first continuous flow hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials. A wide range of binary metal sulphides, ZnS, CdS, PbS, CuS, Fe(1-x)S and Bi2S3, have been synthesised. By varying the reaction conditions two different mechanisms may be invoked; a growth dominated route which permits the formation of nanostructured sulphide materials, and a nucleation driven process which produces nanoparticles with temperature dependent size control. This offers a new and industrially viable route to a wide range of metal sulphide nanoparticles with facile size and shape control. © 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Citation

Dunne, P. W., Starkey, C. L., Gimeno-Fabra, M., & Lester, E. (2014). The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials. Nanoscale, 6(4), 2406-2418. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nr05749f

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 23, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Jan 3, 2014
• Publication Date: Feb 21, 2014
• Deposit Date: Mar 2, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 2, 2017
• Journal: Nanoscale
• Print ISSN: 2040-3364
• Electronic ISSN: 2040-3372
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 2406-2418
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nr05749f
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/722317
• Publisher URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/NR/c3nr05749f#!divAbstract