Volume : 6, Issue : 7, July - 2017

GROWTH OF ROD-SHAPED Sb2S3 NANO COMPOUNDS UNDER MILD REACTION CONDITION

Nilkamal Maiti

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<i style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">One-dimensional (1D) rod-shaped nano compounds of Sb₂S₃ have been achieved from SbCl₃ and </span></i><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-font-kerning:0pt">S-methyl 3-phenyldithiocarbazate [C₆H₅NHNHC(S)SMe] via a simple and mild solvothermal method in ethanol without any surfactants or additives. The products have been characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). From this experiment it showed that the rod-shaped </span></i><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Sb₂S₃ nanocrystals</span></i><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-font-kerning:&#10;0pt">, belong to the orthorhombic phase with cell parameters</span></i><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> a = 11.305 &Aring;, b = 11.277 &Aring;, c = 3.952 &Aring;. The probable formation mechanism of rod shaped nano structure of Sb₂S₃ has also been proposed.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="word-eak:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:red;mso-font-kerning:0pt">&nbsp;</span></p>