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Decoration of Carbon Nanostructures with Metal Sulfides by Sonolysis of Single‐Molecule Precursors
Author(s) -
Estrada Ana C.,
Mendoza Ernest,
Trindade Tito
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201402056
Subject(s) - graphene , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , nanomaterials , sulfide , chemistry , oxide , nanostructure , metal , graphite , graphite oxide , nucleation , materials science , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
Carbon nanostructures have emerged in recent decades as uniquely convenient materials for a number of technologies. Some of their envisaged applications require hybrid nanostructures that result from the coupling of semiconducting phases to the carbon materials. Here, we describe a new sonochemical method to decorate carbon‐based materials (multiwalled carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, and graphite flakes) with metal sulfide nanophases. In this research, we have used a Cd II alkyldithiocarbamate complex as a single source to produce CdS nanophases that nucleate and grow over the carbon substrates. However, other metal sulfides can be produced by a similar methodology, which paves the way to a scalable method for the preparation of hybrid metal sulfide/carbon nanomaterials.