Volume 52, Issue 33 pp. 8602-8606
Communication

Hierarchical Nanosheet-Based MoS2 Nanotubes Fabricated by an Anion-Exchange Reaction of MoO3–Amine Hybrid Nanowires

Sifei Zhuo

Sifei Zhuo

Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072 (China)

These authors contributed equally.

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You Xu

You Xu

Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072 (China)

These authors contributed equally.

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Weiwei Zhao

Weiwei Zhao

Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072 (China)

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Jin Zhang

Jin Zhang

Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072 (China)

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Prof. Dr. Bin Zhang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Bin Zhang

Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072 (China)

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First published: 03 July 2013
Citations: 184

This research was supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20901057 and No. 11074185), the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB939901), and the Innovation Foundation of Tianjin University.

Graphical Abstract

Moving onward and outward: MoO3–ethylenediamine (EDA) inorganic–organic hybrid nanowires were successfully transformed into hierarchical nanosheet-based MoS2 nanotubes (HNN-MoS2) by anion exchange with S2− anions at elevated temperature (see picture). The resulting nanotubes were highly active catalysts for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution by water splitting.

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