Growth of compound Bi(III)- VI(A)-VII(A) crystals with special morphologies under mild conditions

Liying Zhu; Yi Xie; Xiuwen Zheng; Xing Yin; Xiaobo Tian

doi:10.1021/ic025527m

Growth of compound Bi(III)- VI(A)-VII(A) crystals with special morphologies under mild conditions

Inorg Chem. 2002 Aug 26;41(17):4560-6. doi: 10.1021/ic025527m.

Authors

Liying Zhu¹, Yi Xie, Xiuwen Zheng, Xing Yin, Xiaobo Tian

Affiliation

¹ Structure Research Lab and Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

PMID: 12184775
DOI: 10.1021/ic025527m

Abstract

A series of crystals Bi(III)-VI(A)-VII(A), including the platelike crystals BiOCl, polygonal tubular crystals BiSCl, bundle-rodlike crystals Bi(19)S(27)Br(3), and BiSI, have been grown with use of mild solution routes in an ethanol system. The products are characterized by means of X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), electron diffraction (ED), scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), and Raman spectrum techniques. A possible mechanism of the reaction and of the growth of the crystals is proposed.