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Synthesis of WS2 and MoS2 Fullerene-Like Nanoparticles from Solid Precursors

Show Author's Information Inna Wiesel1,  Hamutal Arbel1,  Ana Albu-Yaron1,  Ronit Popovitz-Biro2,  Jeffrey M. Gordon3,4,  Daniel Feuermann3,  Reshef Tenne1( )
Department of Materials and InterfacesWeizmann Institute of ScienceRehovot76100Israel
Electron Microscopy UnitWeizmann Institute of ScienceRehovot76100Israel
Department of Solar Energy and Environmental PhysicsJacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert ResearchBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer Sheva Campus84990Israel
The Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering StudiesDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer Sheva84105Israel
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Inorganic fullerene-like WS2 and MoS2 nanoparticles have been synthesized using exclusively solid precursors, by reaction of the corresponding metal oxide nanopowder, sulfur and a hydrogen-releasing agent (NaBH4 or LiAlH4), achieved either by conventional furnace heating up to ~900 ℃ or by photothermal ablation at far higher temperatures driven by highly concentrated white light. In contrast to the established syntheses that require toxic and hazardous gases, working solely with solid precursors permits relatively safer reactor conditions conducive to industrial scale-up.


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Synthesis of WS2 and MoS2 Fullerene-Like Nanoparticles from Solid Precursors

Show Author's information Inna Wiesel1, Hamutal Arbel1, Ana Albu-Yaron1, Ronit Popovitz-Biro2, Jeffrey M. Gordon3,4, Daniel Feuermann3, Reshef Tenne1( )
Department of Materials and InterfacesWeizmann Institute of ScienceRehovot76100Israel
Electron Microscopy UnitWeizmann Institute of ScienceRehovot76100Israel
Department of Solar Energy and Environmental PhysicsJacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert ResearchBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer Sheva Campus84990Israel
The Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering StudiesDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer Sheva84105Israel

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Inorganic fullerene-like WS2 and MoS2 nanoparticles have been synthesized using exclusively solid precursors, by reaction of the corresponding metal oxide nanopowder, sulfur and a hydrogen-releasing agent (NaBH4 or LiAlH4), achieved either by conventional furnace heating up to ~900 ℃ or by photothermal ablation at far higher temperatures driven by highly concentrated white light. In contrast to the established syntheses that require toxic and hazardous gases, working solely with solid precursors permits relatively safer reactor conditions conducive to industrial scale-up.

Keywords: synthesis, Nanoparticles, fullerene-like, WS2, MoS2

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Received: 15 January 2009
Revised: 22 February 2009
Accepted: 23 February 2009
Published: 01 May 2009
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This research was supported by the Gurwin Fund, the Horowitz Foundation, and the Harold Perlman Foundation.The solar and lamp ablation experiments were supported by the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (inter-institutional grant 3-3441). The electron microscopy studies were carried out at the Moskovitz Center for Nano and Bio Imaging.R. T.holds the Drake Family Chair in Nanotechnology and is the Director of the Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Science.

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