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Nickel–tungsten bimetallic sulfide nanostructures of fullerene type

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

A. Olivas ,
A. Camacho ,
M.J. Yacamán  and
S. Fuentes
A. Olivas*
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada - UNAM, Ensenada, B.C. 22800, México
A. Camacho
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
M.J. Yacamán
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
S. Fuentes
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada - UNAM, Ensenada, B.C. 22800, México
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: aolivas\@ccmc.unam.mx
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Abstract

Bimetallic NiW sulfide nanostructures of the inorganic fullerene-like (IF-like) type were prepared by a chemical method employing ammonium thiotungstate and nickel nitrate as metal-sulfide precursors followed by sulfidation in H2S/H2 at 400 °C. The nanostructures were grown with a Ni excess, at an atomic ratio R = 0.85 (R = Ni/Ni + W). The x-ray diffraction patterns showed poorly crystalline WS2, WO2, NiS, and Ni9S8 phases. High-resolution electron microscopy micrographs revealed the formation of two fullerene-like nanostructures, nickel sulfide nanoparticles and long nanotubes filled with tungsten suboxide, both coated by several WS2 layers. The surface area of 18 m2/g measured by nitrogen adsorption (BET surface-area) revealed that these materials contained micropororosity.

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)FullereneNanoparticle
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 19 , Issue 7 , July 2004 , pp. 2176 - 2184
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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