(NH4)(2)S, a highly reactive molecular precursor for low temperature anion exchange reactions in nanoparticles

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Ammonium sulfide ((NH4)(2)S) exhibits high reactivity as a sulfide reagent in anion exchange reactions that transform CoO to cobalt sulfide nanoparticles (NPs). The faster diffusion of Co2+ and O2- than the incoming S2- during the anion exchange causes a significant expansion of the NP voids. The low temperature (70 degrees C) anion exchange reaction produces amorphous cobalt sulfide NPs with Co:S ratio of ca. 3 : 4, which are converted into crystalline NPs with a major phase of cubic Co3S4 by annealing at high temperature in an organic solution.

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