A nonenzymatic reduced graphene oxide-based nanosensor for parathion

• Sarani Sen,
• Anurag Roy,
• Ambarish Sanyal and
• Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 730–744, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.65

• core-level spectrum of (A) C 1s, (B) O 1s for GO, (C) C 1s, and (D) O 1s for ERGO samples, respectively. (A) TEM images of as-synthesized GO, ERGO synthesized in different electrolytes: (B) PBS pH 4.5, (C) pH 7, and (D) pH 9.6. (E) HRTEM image of ERGO in PBS pH 4.5. (F) SEM micrographs of as

Nanoarchitectonics of the cathode to improve the reversibility of Li–O₂ batteries

• Hien Thi Thu Pham,
• Jonghyeok Yun,
• So Yeun Kim,
• Sang A Han,
• Jung Ho Kim,
• Jong-Won Lee and
• Min-Sik Park

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 689–698, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.61

• atmosphere, the ZnxCoy–C/CNT composite was obtained and further chemically etched with 1 M of H2SO4 solution before use. Material characterization Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (JEOL, JSM-7000F) and high-resolution TEM (HRTEM, JEOL, JEM-2100F) with EDS were used to examine the morphologies and

Sodium doping in brookite TiO₂ enhances its photocatalytic activity

• Boxiang Zhuang,
• Honglong Shi,
• Honglei Zhang and
• Zeqian Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 599–609, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.52

• , the Na doping in the Ti site will destroy the local atomic arrangement of the brookite phase and produce some microstructures. Figure 6a displays a typical high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) image of the sample calcinated at 400 °C, oriented at the [121]Brookite zone axis. The

• , where the inset illustrates the local atomic structures of brookite. (a) An HRTEM image exhibits the core–shell structure in a brookite crystallite calcinated at 400 °C. (b) The magnified HRTEM image in the dashed box shows an atom-splitting effect. (b1–b2) The Fourier transformation diffractogram of

• the core and the shell. (c) The HRTEM image of a twinning boundary in a brookite crystallite calcinated at 800 °C, (d) the corresponding Fourier transformation diagram of the matrix (red) and the twins (green). Listed are the direct/indirect bandgaps determined from diffuse reflectance spectra, the

Sputtering onto liquids: a critical review

• Anastasiya Sergievskaya,
• Adrien Chauvin and
• Stephanos Konstantinidis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 10–53, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.2

Chemical vapor deposition of germanium-rich CrGe_x nanowires

• Vladislav Dřínek,
• Stanislav Tiagulskyi,
• Roman Yatskiv,
• Jan Grym,
• Radek Fajgar,
• Věra Jandová,
• Martin Koštejn and
• Jaroslav Kupčík

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1365–1371, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.100

• EDX instruments). HRTEM analysis showed three types of synthetized nanoobjects: tapered NWs (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S4a) and objects of irregular (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S4b) and globular shape (nanoballs, Supporting Information File 1, Figure S4c). The nanoballs are

• nanowire using SAED, dark-field HRTEM, and EDX analysis showed that it consisted of a crystalline germanium core sheathed with an amorphous Cr/Ge coating (Figure 3 and Supporting Information File 1, Figure S7) resembling SiNWs with similar structure [12]. The determined d-spacing of 0.326 nm fits precisely

• measurement unit with the bias applied to the tip, while the substrate was grounded. (a) SEM image of a Cr/Ge deposit with nanowires (b) growing in a tapering manner. Linear EDX analysis along a single nanowire. (a, c) Dark-field HRTEM images, (b) SAED of a nanowire piece, and (d) HRTEM image of a NW top

Plasmon-enhanced photoluminescence from TiO₂ and TeO₂ thin films doped by Eu³⁺ for optoelectronic applications

• Marcin Łapiński,
• Jakub Czubek,
• Katarzyna Drozdowska,
• Anna Synak,
• Wojciech Sadowski and
• Barbara Kościelska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1271–1278, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.94

• CrossBeam 540 scanning electron microscope (SEM) operated at 2 kV was used. For microstructure analysis of the plasmonic structures, a TALOS F200X high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) was used. The chemical composition of the luminescent layers was investigated by X-ray photoelectron

• examined by SEM and TEM. The SEM image presented in Figure 2a shows a good uniformity of the prepared Au nanostructures. Nanoislands cover the whole substrate surface. Additionally, the HRTEM image of a cross section of a single nanoisland is shown in Figure 2b [25][26]. It can be seen, that the

• prepared structures. (a) SEM image of gold plasmonic platform, (b) HRTEM image of the cross section of a single gold nanoisland [25]. Figure 2a,b was reproduced from [25] (© 2019 M. Łapiński et al., published by Springer Nature, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Morphology-driven gas sensing by fabricated fractals: A review

• Vishal Kamathe and
• Rupali Nagar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1187–1208, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.88

• permission of AIP Publishing. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Si/WO3 nanowires. (a–d) SEM images of Si/WO3 NWs, (e) HRTEM image of a WO3/SiNW interface, (f) XRD pattern of SiNWs and SiNWs/WO3. Dynamic responses of (g) the composite and (h) pure SiNWs to 0.5–5 ppm NO2 at room temperature

Progress and innovation of nanostructured sulfur cathodes and metal-free anodes for room-temperature Na–S batteries

• Marina Tabuyo-Martínez,
• Bernd Wicklein and
• Pilar Aranda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 995–1020, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.75

Spontaneous shape transition of Mn_xGe_1−x islands to long nanowires

• S. Javad Rezvani,
• Luc Favre,
• Gabriele Giuli,
• Yiming Wubulikasimu,
• Isabelle Berbezier,
• Augusto Marcelli,
• Luca Boarino and
• Nicola Pinto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 366–374, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.30

• (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). We demonstrate that the thickness of the Mn layer and the annealing conditions finely control the shape transition, resulting in NWs up to ≃1.5 μm length with uniform width and homogeneous composition

• after deposition (in the same chamber) at 650 °C for 15–30 min and then cooled down rapidly to room temperature (RT). Samples were studied using SEM, XRD, and HRTEM. XRD data were collected by means of a PW 1830 diffractometer in Bragg–Brentano geometry. A long fine-focus Cu tube was operated at 40 kV

• and 25 mA with a graphite monochromator. Step-scan diffractograms were collected in the 2θ range of 3–70° with 0.02° step and 3 s/step counting time. For HRTEM analysis, focused ion beam (FIB) lamellae were prepared using a dual-beam FIB. The lamellae were oriented along the elongation direction. The

The role of gold atom concentration in the formation of Cu–Au nanoparticles from the gas phase

• Yuri Ya. Gafner,
• Svetlana L. Gafner,
• Darya A. Ryzkova and
• Andrey V. Nomoev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 72–81, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.6

• amorphous carbon or magnesium oxide substrates by the laser evaporation of a bulk alloy with various stoichiometric compositions (Cu–Au, Cu3Au, and Au3Cu). An analysis of individual clusters carried out by using electron diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) showed that Cu

• parameters were determined from 15 particles obtained from HRTEM images. From these measurements, the average lattice parameter of the synthesized Cu3Au nanoparticles was estimated to be 3.74 ± 0.01 Å. The fact that this value lies between the lattice parameters values of pure gold (aAu = 4.078 Å) and pure

• shape corresponding to a minimum of surface energy. Therefore, we can conclude that the Cu3Au clusters precisely hit the substrate in the liquid state through collision, which corroborates the HRTEM image of a flat 2D nanoparticle [3]. Since particles with a maximum size of 5.5 nm (approx. 7000 atoms

Free and partially encapsulated manganese ferrite nanoparticles in multiwall carbon nanotubes

• Saja Al-Khabouri,
• Salim Al-Harthi,
• Toru Maekawa,
• Mohamed E. Elzain,
• Ashraf Al-Hinai,
• Ahmed D. Al-Rawas,
• Abbsher M. Gismelseed,
• Ali A. Yousif and
• Myo Tay Zar Myint

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1891–1904, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.170

• microscopy (HRTEM) on a JEOL JEM-2100F microscope working at 200 kV. Partially encapsulated manganese ferrite nanoparticles were characterized using HRTEM and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS); the elemental mapping was performed on a JEOL JEM-ARM200F. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM

• nanoparticles have sizes ranging from 5 to 24 nm, with an estimated average size of 10–19 nm (Figure 1b). The particle size distribution is shown in Supporting Information File 1, Figure S2. In addition, a HRTEM image (Figure 1c) indicates a lattice spacing of 0.26 nm for the (311) plane of the MnFe2O4

• % smaller than the lattice parameter of the reference pattern (0.84983 nm). The HRTEM image (Figure 5b), representing the manganese ferrite inside the tube, shows lattice fringes with a measured interfringe distance of 0.42 ± 0.01 nm, which is smaller than the reported interfringe distance of 0.49 nm for

Piezotronic effect in AlGaN/AlN/GaN heterojunction nanowires used as a flexible strain sensor

• Jianqi Dong,
• Liang Chen,
• Yuqing Yang and
• Xingfu Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1847–1853, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.166

• contrast. Detailed structural parameters are shown in the Experimental section. Figure 1b shows a scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) image taken of the AlGaN/AlN/GaN heterojunction (left panel) and a corresponding high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) image of the GaN layer

• heterojunction (left panel, b1) and HRTEM image of the corresponding GaN layer (right panel, b2). (c) XRD 2θ scan of the epitaxial structure in the region of the (002) reflection. (a) Schematic diagrams after ICP dry etching, (b) during EC wet etching, (c) and of a single nanowire. (d) SEM image of a AlGaN/AlN

Cu₂O nanoparticles for the degradation of methyl parathion

• Juan Rizo,
• David Díaz,
• Benito Reyes-Trejo and
• M. Josefina Arellano-Jiménez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1546–1555, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.137

• different NPs sizes (16, 29 and 45 nm), determined with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), were synthesized using a modified Benedict’s reagent. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) results show that the hydrolytic degradation of MP leads to the formation of

• mm, a step width of 0.01407°, and 0.5 s time per step were used. Qualitative analysis was performed with the DiffracPlus Eva software package (Bruker AXS, Germany) using the PDF-2 database. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images were obtained in a JEOL 2010F microscope

• and a HSA of 50 eV pass energy. Results and Discussion Characterization of Cu2O NPs with powder XRD and HRTEM The structural and morphological characterization of Cu2O NPs was carried out using powder X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Copper(I) oxide is

Magnetic-field-assisted synthesis of anisotropic iron oxide particles: Effect of pH

• Andrey V. Shibaev,
• Petr V. Shvets,
• Darya E. Kessel,
• Roman A. Kamyshinsky,
• Anton S. Orekhov,
• Sergey S. Abramchuk,
• Alexei R. Khokhlov and
• Olga E. Philippova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1230–1241, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.107

• obtained at a slightly acidic pH. Thus, we determined the optimum pH for nanorod preparation. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) results showed that the synthesized nanorods were single crystals formed by the magnetic-field-assisted growth of small nanocrystals, whereas some amount of

• crystalline structure of the nanoparticles and their growth mechanism under magnetic field exposure, HRTEM images were obtained. Figure 7 shows HRTEM images of different nanorods. It is seen that the synthesized nanorods are single crystals. From the interatomic distances, a few magnetite crystal planes can

• ] (Figure 7B), and [320] (Figure 7C). Figure 8 shows the HRTEM image of small nanoparticles coexisting with the rods. Many of them have a hexagonal shape and are single crystalline. It is important to note that most of the rods are covered by the same nanoparticles (highlighted by a blue circle in Figure 7c

Straightforward synthesis of gold nanoparticles by adding water to an engineered small dendrimer

• Sébastien Gottis,
• Régis Laurent,
• Vincent Collière and
• Anne-Marie Caminade

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1110–1118, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.95

• information contains an HRTEM image of a gold nanoparticle showing the gold atomic planes, 31P, 1H and 13C NMR spectra of the compounds 2 and 3, 1H NMR spectra of a slightly hydrolyzed compound 3 and 31P, 1H and 13C NMR spectra of compound 4. Supporting Information File 56: Additional HRTEM images and NMR

Microwave-induced electric discharges on metal particles for the synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials under solvent-free conditions

• Vijay Tripathi,
• Harit Kumar,
• Anubhav Agarwal and
• Leela S. Panchakarla

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1019–1025, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.86

• the phase purity of ZnF2. Figure S6 in Supporting Information File 1 shows the SEM and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of ZnF2 nanorods produced in the presence of sulfur. The SEM images indicate the high yield of ZnF2 nanorods. The high-resolution TEM (HRTEM) image in Figure S6d

• amorphous carbon is shown in Figure S7d (Supporting Information File 1). The HRTEM image (Figure S7e, Supporting Information File 1) clearly shows the single-crystalline nature of the NiF2 nanorod. Interestingly, microwave treatment of copper in the presence of sulfur in Teflon yielded CuS nanorods instead

• SEM image in Figure 4b and the TEM image in Figure 4c confirm the one-dimensional nature. CuS nanorods are single-crystalline as can be seen from the HRTEM image in Figure 4d. CuS nanorods were found to grow along the [101] direction. The average core diameter of the CuS nanorods is about 25 nm and

Uniform Fe₃O₄/Gd₂O₃-DHCA nanocubes for dual-mode magnetic resonance imaging

• Miao Qin,
• Yueyou Peng,
• Mengjie Xu,
• Hui Yan,
• Yizhu Cheng,
• Xiumei Zhang,
• Di Huang,
• Weiyi Chen and
• Yanfeng Meng

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1000–1009, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.84

• iron and gadolinium distribute uniformly across the FGDA nanocubes (Figure 2f,g). In addition, the high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) image (Figure 2c, inset in red) shows that the interplanar spacing within the nanocubes is 0.296 ± 0.02 nm, which corresponds to the (220) crystal

• . Characterization of nanocubes and nanoparticles A high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM, JEM-2010F, Japan), operated at an acceleration voltage of 200 kV, was used to investigate the morphology and size of the nanocubes. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS, Oxford, X-MaxN, UK) was used to

• analyze the distribution of the elements within the samples. The samples were ultrasonically homogenized for 30 minutes and an 8 μL aliquot was collected in a copper mesh and kept at 55 °C for 2 h. After drying, the samples were placed in the HRTEM for imaging. X-ray diffraction (XRD, UltimalV, Japan; Cu

Electromigration-induced directional steps towards the formation of single atomic Ag contacts

• Atasi Chatterjee,
• Christoph Tegenkamp and
• Herbert Pfnür

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 680–687, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.55

• -classical interpretation of conductance quantisation proposed by Sharvin [14], where conductance is essentially proportional to the contact area [5][15]. In mechanical stretching experiments, real-time HRTEM investigations [16][17] showed the thinning of preferred crystallographic orientations towards the

• of Ag nanowires, observed with HRTEM [32], where it was reported that Ag mostly forms rod-like structures along the [110] direction, which are unable to form wires. Atomic chains turned out to form only when at least one grain was oriented in the [100] direction. The dominant peak at 1 in Figure 3

• indeed indicates thinning in this particular direction. From these dominant peaks in the FT and the HRTEM results [32], we conclude that the relevant structures in the conductance window considered here consist preferentially of single junctions that make contact either in the [100] or the [111

Exfoliation in a low boiling point solvent and electrochemical applications of MoO₃

• Matangi Sricharan,
• Bikesh Gupta,
• Sreejesh Moolayadukkam and
• H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 662–670, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.52

• retention of the orthorhombic phase of exfoliated MoO3 nanosheets are evident from XRD (Figure S4, Supporting Information File 1). The HRTEM micrograph in Figure 2b shows a d-spacing of 0.38 nm corresponding to the (110) planes of orthorhombic MoO3 (indexed with JCPDS file No. 05-0506). The AFM micrograph

• ; (b) HRTEM micrograph of MoO3 nanosheets; (c) AFM micrograph of MoO3 nanosheets; (d) photograph of MoO3 dispersions in 2-butanone, IPA and IPA/H2O mixture; (e) Raman spectra of bulk and exfoliated MoO3 in different solvents; (f) zeta potential of MoO3 dispersions in 2-butanone. (a) CV measurement of

Evolution of Ag nanostructures created from thin films: UV–vis absorption and its theoretical predictions

• Robert Kozioł,
• Marcin Łapiński,
• Paweł Syty,
• Damian Koszelow,
• Wojciech Sadowski,
• Józef E. Sienkiewicz and
• Barbara Kościelska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 494–507, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.40

• operated at 10 kV. For the analysis of nanograin structure and chemical composition a TALOS F200X HRTEM equipped with an EDS detector was used. SEM and TEM experiments were carried out on samples deposited on silicon substrates. UV–vis spectra were recorded using a double-beam Thermo Fisher Scientific

• nanostructures is shown in Figure 7a–g. The shape of nanostructures is clearly visible in the HRTEM image (Figure 8a). The film from which the nanostructures were formed was 3 nm thick and was annealed at 550 °C for 15 min. The nanostructures are slightly flattened, but as follows from EDS analysis (Figure 8b

• (f) 600 °C; (g) average nanostructure diameter as a function of the annealing temperature. (a) HRTEM image of a cross section of a nanoisland formed from a 3 nm thick film, annealed at 550 °C for 15 min; (b) EDS analysis and (c) detailed EDS analysis of the cross section of the nanoisland. Absorbance

Simple synthesis of nanosheets of rGO and nitrogenated rGO

• Pallellappa Chithaiah,
• Madhan Mohan Raju,
• Giridhar U. Kulkarni and
• C. N. R. Rao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 68–75, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.7

• Mira3 field-emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) equipped with an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The TEM, HRTEM images and SAED patterns were obtained on a TALOS F200S G2, 200 kV FEG, and a CMOS camera (4k × 4k). The TEM samples were prepared by suspending the samples in ethanol

Synthesis of amorphous and graphitized porous nitrogen-doped carbon spheres as oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

• Maximilian Wassner,
• Markus Eckardt,
• Andreas Reyer,
• Thomas Diemant,
• Michael S. Elsaesser,
• R. Jürgen Behm and
• Nicola Hüsing

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1–15, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.1

• (HRTEM) images of the resulting particles showed that the graphite layers are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the fibers [37]. After the acidic washing process, neither XPS nor EDX showed, for g-NCS-850 and g-NCS-1000, Fe or Fe3C particles within the spheres, which are commonly found for the Fe

Synthesis and acetone sensing properties of ZnFe₂O₄/rGO gas sensors

• Kaidi Wu,
• Yifan Luo,
• Ying Li and
• Chao Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2516–2526, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.242

• (FESEM, Hitachi S4800). The nanostructure of the products was examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM, JEM-2100). High-resolution TEM (HRTEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) elemental mappings were recorded using a field-emission transmission electron microscope (Tecnai G2 F30 S-TWIN, FEI

• % rGO was carried out using TEM and HRTEM (Figure 6). As obvious from Figure 6a and Figure 6b, the ZnFe2O4 spheres are uniformly distributed on the rGO nanosheets. The HRTEM image shown in Figure 6c shows two planes with lattice spacing of ca. 0.25 and 0.21 nm, which correspond to the (311) and the (400

• wt % of rGO. TEM images of (a) the 0.5 wt % ZnFe2O4/rGO spheres and (b) the 1 wt % ZnFe2O4/rGO spheres. (c) HRTEM image of the 0.5 wt % ZnFe2O4/rGO sample, the corresponding FFT image is shown in the inset. (d) SAED pattern of the 0.5 wt % ZnFe2O4/rGO sample and (e) HAADF-STEM image of the 0.5 wt

Multiwalled carbon nanotube based aromatic volatile organic compound sensor: sensitivity enhancement through 1-hexadecanethiol functionalisation

• Nadra Bohli,
• Meryem Belkilani,
• Juan Casanova-Chafer,
• Eduard Llobet and
• Adnane Abdelghani

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2364–2373, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.227

• temperature toluene and benzene sensor based on multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorated with gold nanoparticles and functionalised with a long-chain thiol self-assembled monolayer, 1-hexadecanethiol (HDT). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and Fourier transform infrared

• [20]. Figure 1 shows the synoptic structure of the sensor before and after the HDT deposition. HRTEM and FTIR characterisation The analysis of the quantity and distribution of the gold nanoparticles attached to the MWCNTs was undertaken with a high-resolution transmission electron microscope (JEOL

• mechanically moved from the substrate onto a TEM Cu-grid for conducting TEM analysis. Figure 2 displays HRTEM images at a magnification of (a) 300 K, (b) 600 K and (c) 400 K. The HRTEM analysis indicates an average gold nanoparticle size of 2 nm. We clearly see in Figure 2b a fairly homogeneous Au nanoparticle

Design and facile synthesis of defect-rich C-MoS₂/rGO nanosheets for enhanced lithium–sulfur battery performance

• Chengxiang Tian,
• Juwei Wu,
• Zheng Ma,
• Bo Li,
• Pengcheng Li,
• Xiaotao Zu and
• Xia Xiang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2251–2260, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.217

• transition-metal dichalcogenide composites for energy storage applications. Schematic illustration of the synthesis of C-MoS2/rGO composite. (a) SEM and (b) TEM images of pristine MoS2; (c) SEM and (d) TEM images of C-MoS2/rGO; (e) SEM image of MoS2-S and (f) SEM image of C-MoS2/rGO-S; (g, h) HRTEM images of

• pristine MoS2 and (i, j) HRTEM images of C-MoS2/rGO. Morphological images of the annealed C-MoS2/rGO-6 composite: (a) SEM; (b) TEM; (c, d) HRTEM; (e) SEM image of C-MoS2/rGO-6-S; (f) TG analysis curve; (g–j) element mapping images of Mo, S, and C. (a) XRD patterns, (b) Raman spectra, (c) full scan XPS