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Volume 31, 2016 - Issue 9: Hybrid electrode materials for energy storage
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Original Article

Design of a flower-like CuS nanostructure via a facile hydrothermal route

Litian DongEnergy & Materials Engineering Centre, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China;Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, Tianjin, China
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Xifei LiEnergy & Materials Engineering Centre, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China;Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, Tianjin, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dongbin XiongEnergy & Materials Engineering Centre, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China;Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, Tianjin, China
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Bo YanEnergy & Materials Engineering Centre, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China;Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, Tianjin, China
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Hui ShanEnergy & Materials Engineering Centre, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China;Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, Tianjin, China
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Dejun LiEnergy & Materials Engineering Centre, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China;Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, Tianjin, China
Pages 510-516 | Received 28 Apr 2016, Accepted 14 May 2016, Published online: 25 Jul 2016
 
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Abstract

For the first time, a flower-like nanostructured CuS material was synthesised through a facile hydrothermal route using copper foil and brenstone as Cu and S sources, respectively. The obtained CuS was characterised by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The effects of the concentrations of the brenstone, reaction time, reaction temperature and NH4F additive on the morphologies of CuS nanostructures were studied in detail. It was found that morphological adjustment of the samples could be easily realised by optimising the amount of NH4F. However, the thickness of the CuS nanoplates highly depends on the combination of reaction time, reaction temperature and the concentrations of the brenstone and NH4F.

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