Coordination Complex Transformation-Assisted Fabrication for Hollow Chestnut-Like Hierarchical ZnS with Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

ABSTRACT: Hierarchical nanostructures (HNs) are possibly endowed with novel properties due to their complex three-dimensional (3D) structures. Here, we provide a novel stepwise growth strategy of Coordination Complex Transformation-Assisted Growth for fabricating HNs. By using this, we prepare a new wurtzite ZnS HNs-hollow chestnut-like hierarchical microspheres (HCHMs), which are mesoporous hollow microspheres with single crystalline nanorods arrayed densely and radially from the centre. The HCHMs formation depends on the stepwise decomposition of the two Zn²⁺ complexes ([Zn(en)_m(H₂O)_2(3-m)]²⁺ and [Zn(en)_m(NH₃)_2(3-m)]²⁺, natural number m < 3). As the reaction proceeds, [Zn²⁺] has been distinctly reduced due to t

SUBMITTER: Xu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6409558 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature