Unusual formation of single-crystal manganese sulfide microboxes co-mediated by the cubic crystal structure and shape.
Kept cubic: MnS microboxes, which act as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, are synthesized by a simple H(2)S gas sulfidation approach (TEM images show porous and hollow microcubes and a microbox). The formation of the single crystals is aided by the intrinsic cubic crystal structure and the nearly cubic shape of the MnCO(3) precursor.
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637457, Singapore.
Lei
L
Zhang
Liang
L
Zhou
Hao Bin
HB
Wu
Rong
R
Xu
Xiong Wen David
XW
Lou
D003460:Crystallization; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry; D017895:Manganese Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*
D017895:Manganese Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; C041368:manganese sulfide; D008094:Lithium