Recent advancements in the fabrication of transition metal dichalcogenides-polymer nanocomposites: Focused on molybdenum diselenide for various applications

The widespread utility of transition metal dichalcogenides especially, molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) in energy storage, energy conversion, photocatalysis, and bio-medics is often restricted due to the inertness of basal sites and its electronic conductivity. The advantage of using polymers with MoSe2 lies in the long chain nature of the polymer, which helps to attain uniform and homogeneously dispersed morphology as the presence of polymer lowers the stacking and restricts the self-adherence of the MoSe2 nanosheets with each other. The conductive and redox behavior of polymers is also exploited where the conductive continuous morphological array is required. The merits and challenges of various polymerization methods are discussed, as the method opted for plays a significant role in the development of properties of the nanocomposites formed. Additionally, the wide application of TMDC-polymer nanocomposite in different fields has been explained elaborating on the important result's improvement due to the incorporation of the polymers. (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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The widespread utility of molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) and other transition metal dichalcogenides in various fields is limited due to inertness and low conductivity. However, incorporating polymers with MoSe2 can help overcome these limitations by achieving uniform dispersion and reducing self-adherence. The conductive and redox behavior of polymers are also utilized when continuous conductivity is required. The choice of polymerization method plays a significant role in the properties of the nanocomposites formed.