Open AccessMICROWAVE–ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE (MoS2)
Author(s) -
Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vietnam journal of science and technology/science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2815-5874
pISSN - 2525-2518
DOI - 10.15625/2525-2518/55/1b/12091
Subject(s) - molybdenum disulfide , materials science , molybdenum , microwave , scanning electron microscope , transmission electron microscopy , ethylene glycol , susceptor , microwave irradiation , lithium (medication) , nanotechnology , diffraction , chemical engineering , metallurgy , composite material , optics , medicine , physics , epitaxy , layer (electronics) , quantum mechanics , endocrinology , engineering
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanostructured has been synthesized by a facile and rapid microwave, in which ethylene glycol can act as an excellent susceptor of microwave irradiation. The structure and morphology of MoS2 were characterized by X–ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show that nanometer scaled (< 100 nm) molybdenum disulfide with different morphologies can be successfully fabricated by microwave liquid–state method. Microwave irradiation can make localized heating that allows higher heating rates and shorter processing time. The low–cost synthesis procedure paves the way for the exploitation of the present product as electrode material in lithium ion batteries (LIBs).