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Well‐Defined Non‐spherical Copper Sulfide Mesocages with Single‐Crystalline Shells by Shape‐Controlled Cu 2 O Crystal Templating
Author(s) -
Jiao S.,
Xu L.,
Jiang K.,
Xu D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200502386
Subject(s) - sulfidation , materials science , copper sulfide , copper , sulfide , octahedron , single crystal , shell (structure) , nanotechnology , crystallography , chemical engineering , crystal structure , metallurgy , composite material , sulfur , chemistry , engineering
Uniform cubic, octahedral, and star‐like copper sulfide mesocages with single‐crystalline shells (see figure) are synthesized by the sulfidation of various shape‐controlled Cu 2 O crystals into Cu 2 O/Cu x S core/shell structures, followed by the removal of the inner Cu 2 O cores. Potential applications of these materials in solar energy conversion, optics, and sensors are envisaged.