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2029023 
Journal Article 
Synthesis of chain-like MoS2 nanoparticles in W/O reverse microemulsion and application in photocatalysis 
Liu MeiYing; Li XiaoQian; Xu ZhiLing; Li BoNa; Chen LinLin; Shan NanNan 
2012 
Yes 
Chinese Science Bulletin
ISSN: 1001-6538
EISSN: 1861-9541 
57 
30 
3862-3866 
WOS:000309350000007 
Chain-like MoS2 assemblies consisting of hexagonal MoS2 nanoparticles (20-60 nm) have been successfully synthesized in a Triton X-100/cyclohexane/hexanol/water W/O reverse microemulsion in the presence of (NH4)(2)MoS4 as the molybdenum source and NH2OH center dot HCl as the reducing agent. The products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance absorption spectra. The influence of synthetic parameters such as acidity, water/oil ratio (omega(0)), aging time and annealing temperature on the formation of MoS2 assemblies was investigated. TEM analysis showed that these synthetic factors played important roles in controlling the size of MoS2 nanoparticles and the length of the chain-like MoS2 assemblies. XRD analysis indicated that the well-crystallized MoS2 nanoparticles could be obtained by annealing the precursors at 700A degrees C for 2 h under a flow of N-2 atmosphere. In addition, the as-prepared chain-like MoS2 nanoparticles exhibited excellent photocatalytic H-2 activity in Ru(bpy) (3) (2+) -MoS2-H(2)A three-component molecular systems under visible light irradiation. 
chain-like; MoS2; reverse microemulsion; photocatalytic; H-2