Abstract
Antimony sulfide nanostructures have been prepared by the decomposition of antimony(III) chloride thiosemicarbazone precursors, SbCl3(L), [L = cinnamaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (cinnamtscz) (1) and thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (thioptscz) (2)] either in a furnace or in solvents (ethylene glycol or diphenyl ether). The as-prepared nanocrystallites were characterized by powder XRD, TEM, and EDAX techniques, and absorption spectroscopy. XRD shows formation of orthorhombic Sb2S3 in all the cases. TEM images reveal spherical shaped Sb2S3 nanoparticles obtained by pyrolysis method, whereas nearly spherical and rod like morphologies of Sb2S3 were observed for the nanoparticles obtained by solvothermal decomposition in diphenyl ether and ethylene glycol, respectively. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry to view the supplemental file.
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