title: Organic-inorganic hybrid ZnS(butylamine) nanosheets and their transformation to porous ZnS.
abstract: Two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets possess the very essential features of nanomaterials, including quantum-confinement effects and unconventional reactivity, and are of special interest for a variety of promising applications. Here we report a facile chemical transformation strategy to prepare porous ZnS nanosheets via the organic-inorganic hybrid ZnS(butylamine) nanosheet-like precursor prepared from zinc diethyldithiocarbamate. The hybrid ZnS(butylamine) precursor show unique nanosheet-like structure composed by ZnS nanocluster region and non-crystalline region. The ZnS nanoclusters with crystallized state show the same crystal orientation in the nanosheets. A simple calcination process in nitrogen can induce the transformation of ZnS(butylamine) hybrid precursor to porous ZnS nanosheets. Different calcination temperature will cause the formation of porous ZnS nanosheets with different microstructure. In addition, the photoelectrochemical properties of the ZnS-based products including ZnS(butylamine) and porous ZnS nanosheets were investigated. This organic-inorganic hybrid precursor strategy to porous sulfides would also be suitable for fabricating other metal chalcogenides.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. Electronic address: zhuguoxing@ujs.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guoxing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
authors.forename: Chunlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
authors.forename: Zhenyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Inner Mongolia Medical University, College of Pharmacy, Hohhot 010059, China.
authors.forename: Shikui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. Electronic address: xiaopingshen@163.com.
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
keywords: Nanosheets; Organic–inorganic hybrid composites; Porous structure; Sulfide; ZnS