Facile solvothermal synthesis of bimetallic CoMoS2 and NiMoS2 nanospheres

Abstract

Bimetallic nickel or cobalt molybdenum disulfide (MMoS2, M=Ni or Co) nanospheres, with a diameter ranging between 450 nm and 1 μm, have been successfully synthesized using a mild solvothermal method. The obtained nanomaterials have been comprehensively characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution TEM (HRTEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR).

Keywords

• comos2
• mos2
• nanospheres
• nimos2
• solvothermal synthesis