“…Many techniques including singlesource precursor method [25,26], hydrothermal or solvothermal decomposition [27][28][29][30][31][32], solventless thermolysis [33], microwave irradiation [34], sonochemical method [35] and self-sacrificing template route [36] have been applied to prepare one-dimensional Bi 2 S 3 nanostructures such as nanorods, nanowires and nanobelts. More complex patterns of Bi 2 S 3 such as flowers [14], urchins [37], snowflakes [38], sheafs [13], globules [39], microhedgehogs [40], dandelions [41], cauliflowers [42] have been made by employing biomolecule-assisted method [14,38], microwave-irradiated technique [37], colloidal solution method [13], interface growth technique [39], electrochemical synthesis [40] and wet chemical routes [41,42], respectively.…”