Instrumental techniques for characterization of molybdenum disulphide nanostructures

dc.contributor.authorIwuoha, Emmanuel Iheanyichukwu
dc.contributor.authorRamohlola, Kabelo Edmond
dc.contributor.authorHato, Mpitloane Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-28T08:06:25Z
dc.date.available2021-01-28T08:06:25Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe excellent chemical and physical properties of materials (nanomaterials) with dimensions of less than 100 nm (nanometers) resulted in researchers and industrialists to have great interest in their discovery and applications in various systems/applications. As their sizes are reduced to nanoscale, these nanomaterials tend to possess exceptional properties differing from those of their bulk counterparts; hence, they have found applications in electronics and medicines. In order to apply them in those applications, there is a need to synthesise these nanomaterials and study their structural, optical, and electrochemical properties. Among several nanomaterials, molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) has received a great interest in energy applications due to its exceptional properties such as stability, conductivity, and catalytic activities. Hence, the great challenge lies in finding the state-of-the-art characterization techniques to reveal the different properties of MoS2 nanostructures with great accuracy. In this regard, there is a need to study and employ several techniques to accurately study the surface chemistry and physics of the MoS2 nanostructures. Hence, this review will comprehensively discuss a detailed literature survey on analytical techniques that can be used to study the chemical, physical, and surface properties of MoS2 nanostructures, namely, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning and transmission electron microscopies (SEM and TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS/X), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and electroanalytical methods which include linear sweep (LSV) and cyclic (CV) voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).en_US
dc.identifier.citationIwuoha, E. I. et al. (2020). Instrumental techniques for characterization of molybdenum disulphide nanostructures. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry ,2020,8896698en_US
dc.identifier.issn2090-8873
dc.identifier.uri10.1155/2020/8896698
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5788
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHindawien_US
dc.subjectX ray photoemission spectroscopyen_US
dc.subjectVoltammetryen_US
dc.subjectUltraviolet visible spectroscopyen_US
dc.subjectNanomaterialsen_US
dc.subjectMolybdenum disulphideen_US
dc.titleInstrumental techniques for characterization of molybdenum disulphide nanostructuresen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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