Abstract
High-quality and high-yield rod-like HgS dendrites with cubic structure was synthesized by a wet chemical route, without using any surfactant and organic solvents at 180°C for 5h, by using Hg(NO3)2·H2O and thioglycolic acid (TGA) as starting reagents. The obtained HgS with different morphologies and sized were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The effects of reaction parameters, such as temperature, precursor concentration and reaction time on the morphology and particle size of products were investigated. Our experimental results showed that temperature reaction played key role in the final morphology of HgS. The morphology of HgS nanostructures could be changed from rod-like dendrites to nanoparticles by only decreased temperature reaction to 110°C. In the present study the possible mechanism of HgS nanoparticles growth to dendrites in the aqueous solution was also discussed and the optical properties rod-like HgS dendrites were investigated by ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy.
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