Title

Effect of the precursors and solvents on the size, shape and crystal structure of manganese sulfide crystals in solvothermal synthesis

Authors

Authors

S. Biswas; S. T. Kar;S. Chaudhuri

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Mater. Sci. Eng. B-Solid State Mater. Adv. Technol.

Keywords

semiconductors; crystal growth; electron microscopy; microstructure; MNS THIN-FILMS; PHASE-TRANSITION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPYRAMIDS; NANORODS; GROWTH; OXIDE; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Condensed Matter

Abstract

A solvothermal route has been utilized for the growth of MnS micro and nanocrystals with different morphologies such as pyramid, octahedron, sheet, sphere, hexagonal ring, etc. It was observed that the experimental parameters such as the variation in the precursor salt, molar ratio of the anionic and cationic precursors as well as the solvent play critical role in determining the morphology and crystal structure of the products. X-ray diffraction study reveals the formation of stable and metastable phases of MnS under different experimental conditions. It was observed that irrespective of the nature of the solvent, the presence of sulfur source in higher molar concentration always favored the formation of stable MnS phase. Interpenetrating crystal growth and clustering formation were also observed under certain circumstances. A detailed growth mechanism for the various micro and nanostructures is proposed. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Materials Science and Engineering B-Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology

Volume

142

Issue/Number

2-3

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

69

Last Page

77

WOS Identifier

WOS:000250251000003

ISSN

0921-5107

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