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Antimony oxychloride Sb8O11Cl2(H2O)6 products with various morphologies including sheaf-like, rhombic-plate, oval leaf-like and quasi-wafer have been successfully synthesized via a mild and facile solution route at room temperature. The morphologies and structures of the as-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). A possible formation mechanism of these structures is proposed according to the experimental results and analysis.
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Zhou, J., Zhao, H., Li, L. et al. Shape evolution of antimony oxychloride from sheaf-like to quasi-wafer structures. Chin. Sci. Bull. 56, 3817–3822 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-011-4735-1
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