Metal Oxysulfides: From Bulk Compounds to Nanomaterials

Clément Larquet; Sophie Carenco

doi:10.3389/fchem.2020.00179

Metal Oxysulfides: From Bulk Compounds to Nanomaterials

Front Chem. 2020 Mar 31:8:179. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00179. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Clément Larquet^{1

2}, Sophie Carenco¹

Affiliations

¹ Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Collège de France, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, Paris, France.
² Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, MNHN, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmologie, IMPMC, Paris, France.

Abstract

This review summarizes the syntheses and applications of metal oxysulfides. Bulk compounds of rare earth and transition metals are discussed in the section Introduction. After a presentation of their main properties and applications, their structures are presented and their syntheses are discussed. The section Bulk Materials and Their Main Applications is dedicated to the growing field of nanoscaled metal oxysulfides. Synthesis and applications of lanthanide-based nanoparticles are more mature and are discussed first. Then, works on transition-metal based nanoparticles are presented and discussed. Altogether, this review highlights the opportunities offered by metal oxysulfides for application in a range of technological fields, in relation with the most advanced synthetic routes and characterization techniques.

Keywords: applications; lanthanides; nanoparticles; oxysulfide; sulfidation; synthesis; transition metal.

Publication types

Review