Engineering polymorphs in colloidal metal dichalcogenides: precursor-mediated phase control, molecular insights into crystallisation kinetics and promising electrochemical activity
Nilotpal Kapuria, Niraj Nitish Patil, Abinaya Sankaran, Fathima Laffir, Hugh Geaney, Edmond Magner, Micheál D. Scanlon, Kevin M. Ryan, Shalini Singh
Abstract
We present a solution-based crystal phase engineering approach for layered transition metal disulphide nanosheets by modulating the reactivity of the molecular precursors.
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