Preparation and transformation to hollow nanospheres of wrapped CuS nanowires by a simple hydrothermal route

In this paper we reported the preparation of wrapped CuS nanowires via a simple hydrothermal reaction at 180 °C for 2 h, employing CuSO 4·5H 2O and thiourea as reactants in the absence of any structure-directing agent. SAED pattern showed that the wrapped CuS nanowires were polycrystalline, which was comprised of small nanoparticles. TEM observations showed that wrapped nanowires could grow and further transfer to hollow spheres with the prolonging of the reaction time from 2 h to 13. The UV–Vis spectra of CuS prepared at 180 °C for different times were studied. The possible transfer mechanism from wrapped nanowires to hollow spheres was suggested.