Sonochemical preparation of antimony subiodide.
The substantiated isolation of the antimony subiodide (Sb(3)I) is presented for the first time. It has been prepared using elemental Sb and I in ethanol under ultrasonic irradiation at 323 K. Its composition was characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) investigations exhibit that the samples are made up of large quantity of nanoparticles with diameters smaller than 20 nm and single crystalline in nature. The interplanar spacings in Sb(3)I that have been determined using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and HRTEM are very similar. Surprisingly, the registered XRD patterns are identical to the one reported earlier for Sb(4)O(5)I(2).
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Solid State Physics Section, Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Krasińskiego 8, 40-019 Katowice, Poland. Marian.Nowak@polsl.pl
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D000965:Antimony / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D007454:Iodides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013010:Sonication / Q000379:methods*
D007454:Iodides; D000965:Antimony