Journal
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
Volume 1, Issue 9, Pages 4408-4412Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.8b01353
Keywords
colloidal synthesis; nanoparticle; metal dichalcogenide; structure sensitivity; shape control; hydrodesulfurization
Funding
- NSERC
- Imperial Oil Ltd. [CRD 485067-15]
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We present a single-step ligand-directed colloidal synthesis protocol for the selective growth of dimensionally-and shape-controlled niobium disulfide (NbS2) nanostructures. A systematic modulation of the reaction conditions resulted in the development of monolayer nanosheets, which alternatively grew as laterally confined (<100 nm) 2D nanostructures using an appropriate mixture of coordinating ligands with different functional groups. The lateral size reduced to similar to 50 nm by increasing the amount of a chalcogen source (carbon disulfide, CS2), which promoted planar growth to form OD nanohexagons and 1D hexagonal nanorods. A noncoordinating solvent suppressed anisotropic growth and resulted in the formation of OD nanospheres. Nanohexagons with the highest fraction of corner and edge active sites delivered the highest activity in dibenzothiophene hydrodesulfurization.
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