TY - JOUR
T1 - New Solid-Gas Metathetical Synthesis of Binary Metal Polysulfides and Sulfides at Intermediate Temperatures
T2 - Utilization of Boron Sulfides
AU - Wu, Li Ming
AU - Seo, Dong
PY - 2004/4/14
Y1 - 2004/4/14
N2 - A new simple synthetic method for binary metal polysulfides and sulfides was developed by utilizing an in situ formation of boron sulfides and their subsequent reactions with metal-source oxides in a closed container at intermediate temperatures above 350 °C at which the boron sulfides react in a gaseous form. The versatility of the new method is demonstrated with oxides of various transition metals (Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Ni, Nb, Mo, Ru, and W) and rare-earth metals (Y, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, and Er) as starting materials that exhibit different chemical characteristics. Regardless of the oxidation states of metals in the starting materials, the sulfidation reactions occurred quantitatively with stoichiometric mixtures of boron and sulfur, and within 24 h the reactions yielded pure products of TiS2, TiS3, VS4, FeS2, NiS2, NbS3, MoS 2, RuS2, WS2, Y2S3, and RS2 (R = Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, and Er) which were the thermodynamically stable phases under the reaction conditions. The scope and implications of the new sulfidation method are also discussed.
AB - A new simple synthetic method for binary metal polysulfides and sulfides was developed by utilizing an in situ formation of boron sulfides and their subsequent reactions with metal-source oxides in a closed container at intermediate temperatures above 350 °C at which the boron sulfides react in a gaseous form. The versatility of the new method is demonstrated with oxides of various transition metals (Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Ni, Nb, Mo, Ru, and W) and rare-earth metals (Y, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, and Er) as starting materials that exhibit different chemical characteristics. Regardless of the oxidation states of metals in the starting materials, the sulfidation reactions occurred quantitatively with stoichiometric mixtures of boron and sulfur, and within 24 h the reactions yielded pure products of TiS2, TiS3, VS4, FeS2, NiS2, NbS3, MoS 2, RuS2, WS2, Y2S3, and RS2 (R = Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, and Er) which were the thermodynamically stable phases under the reaction conditions. The scope and implications of the new sulfidation method are also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja0392521
DO - 10.1021/ja0392521
M3 - Article
C2 - 15070385
AN - SCOPUS:1842738500
VL - 126
SP - 4676
EP - 4681
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
SN - 0002-7863
IS - 14
ER -