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

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 nanomat...

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Main Authors: Dunne, Peter W., Starkey, Christopher L., Gimeno-Fabra, Miquel, Lester, Edward
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41015/
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author Dunne, Peter W.
Starkey, Christopher L.
Gimeno-Fabra, Miquel
Lester, Edward
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Starkey, Christopher L.
Gimeno-Fabra, Miquel
Lester, Edward
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description 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₋ᵪ₎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.
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spelling nottingham-410152020-05-04T16:42:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41015/ The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials Dunne, Peter W. Starkey, Christopher L. Gimeno-Fabra, Miquel Lester, Edward 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₋ᵪ₎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. Royal Society of Chemistry 2014-01-03 Article PeerReviewed Dunne, Peter W., Starkey, Christopher L., Gimeno-Fabra, Miquel and Lester, Edward (2014) The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials. Nanoscale, 6 (4). p. 2406. ISSN 2040-3372 http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/NR/c3nr05749f#!divAbstract doi:10.1039/c3nr05749f doi:10.1039/c3nr05749f
spellingShingle Dunne, Peter W.
Starkey, Christopher L.
Gimeno-Fabra, Miquel
Lester, Edward
The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials
title The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials
title_full The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials
title_fullStr The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials
title_full_unstemmed The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials
title_short The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials
title_sort rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials
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