Unusual formation of single-crystal manganese sulfide microboxes co-mediated by the cubic crystal structure and shape

• Main Authors: Zhang, Lei, Zhou, Liang, Wu, Hao Bin, Xu, Rong, Lou, David Xiong Wen
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98461; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12505
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Kept cubic: MnS microboxes, which act as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, are synthesized by a simple H2S gas sulfidation approach (TEM images show porous and hollow microcubes and a microbox). The formation of the single crystals is aided by the intrinsic cubic crystal structure and the nearly cubic shape of the MnCO3 precursor.