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Top‐Down and Bottom‐Up Approaches in Engineering 1 T Phase Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS 2 ): Towards Highly Catalytically Active Materials
Author(s) -
Chua Chun Kiang,
Loo Adeline Huiling,
Pumera Martin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201602764
Subject(s) - molybdenum disulfide , electrochemistry , exfoliation joint , materials science , phase (matter) , hydrothermal circulation , metal , supercapacitor , hydrothermal reaction , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , electrode , metallurgy , organic chemistry , graphene , engineering
Abstract The metallic 1 T phase of MoS 2 has been widely identified to be responsible for the improved performances of MoS 2 in applications including hydrogen evolution reactions and electrochemical supercapacitors. To this aim, various synthetic methods have been reported to obtain 1 T phase‐rich MoS 2 . Here, the aim is to evaluate the efficiencies of the bottom‐up (hydrothermal reaction) and top‐down (chemical exfoliation) approaches in producing 1 T phase MoS 2 . It is established in this study that the 1 T phase MoS 2 produced through the bottom‐up approach contains a high proportion of 1 T phase and demonstrates excellent electrochemical and electrical properties. Its performance in the hydrogen evolution reaction and electrochemical supercapacitors also surpassed that of 1 T phase MoS 2 produced through a top‐down approach.