Water Soluble Sodium Sulfate Nanorods as a Versatile Template for the Designing of Copper Sulfide Nanotubes

作者：Das Gautam; Kakati Nitul; Lee Seok Hee; Karak Niranjan; Yoon Young Soo^*

来源：Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2014, 14(6): 4455-4461.

DOI：10.1166/jnn.2014.8282

• Nanostructures
• Crystal Structure
• Nanomaterials
• Copper Sulfides
• Nanotubes

The present study reports the use of water soluble sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) nanorods as a versatile template for generation of tubular copper sulfide (CuS) nanostructures. The Na2SO4 nanorods were synthesized from ammonium sulfate (NH4)(2)SO4 and sodium hydroxide (NaOH), under refluxing condition. The shape and morphology control of the Na2SO4 nanorods were studied with respect to nature of surfactant used and reactant mole ratio. While, PVP mole ratio was important to obtain homogeneous nanorods. Uniform and stable nanotubes of CuS were than obtained by the dissolution of the nanorods in water. The use of simple chemicals for synthesis of such nanotube templates opens the prospect for wide scale downstream applications.

• 出版日期2014-6