Synthesis of Copper Sulfides of Varying Morphologies and Stoichiometries Controlled by Chelating and Nonchelating Solvents in a Solvothermal Process

• Published in: Crystal growth & design Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 875 - 877
• Main Authors: Gorai, S, Ganguli, D, Chaudhuri, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington,DC American Chemical Society 01-05-2005
• Subjects: Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Exact sciences and technology; Growth from solutions; Hydrides, borides, nitrides, etc., and metalloidal compounds; Inorganic compounds; Materials science; Methods of crystal growth; physics of crystal growth; Physics; Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography; Structure of specific crystalline solids; Scanning electron microscopy; Stoichiometry; Inorganic compounds; Spherical shape; Transition element compounds; Solvothermal synthesis; Binary compounds; XRD; Infrared spectra; Experimental study; Microparticles; Organic solution; Copper sulfides; Morphology; Crystal growth from solutions; Fourier transform spectra; Chelating agents
• ISSN: 1528-7483; 1528-7505
• DOI: 10.1021/cg0496787

Different morphological patterns of copper sulfide crystals, e.g., flowers, distorted rods (rice, grainlike morphology), and spaghetti-like and spherical microparticles have been successfully synthesized using different organic solvents, namely, ethylenediamine, ethyleneglycol, and ethanol, by a solvothermal process. From the experimental results, it has been revealed that the solvents played an important role to control the morphology and composition of copper sulfide crystals.