Decoration of Carbon Nanostructures with Metal Sulfides by Sonolysis of Single-Molecule Precursors

authors	Estrada, AC; Mendoza, E; Trindade, T
nationality	International
journal	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
author keywords	Sonolysis; Metal sulfides; Nanostructures; Nanotubes; Carbon; Graphene oxide
keywords	QUANTUM DOTS; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; NANOTUBES; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; CDS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION
abstract	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.
publisher	WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
issn	1434-1948
year published	2014
issue	20
beginning page	3184
ending page	3190
digital object identifier (doi)	10.1002/ejic.201402056
web of science category	Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
subject category	Chemistry
unique article identifier	WOS:000339480800005