| AVS 66th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| 2D Materials | Tuesday Sessions |
| Session 2D+AS+MI+NS-TuM |
| Session: | 2D Materials Characterization including Microscopy and Spectroscopy |
| Presenter: | Miguel Jose Yacaman, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Authors: | M. Jose Yacaman, University of Texas at San Antonio T. Zepeda, CNyN UNAM Ensenada, Mexico S. Fuentes Moyado, CNyN UNAM Ensenada, Mexico |
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Materials such as the MoS2 have been used in catalysis at industrial level for many decades mostly on the hydrodesulfurization of naftas.
However more stringent regulations about the sulfur amount in diesel has printed the need to improve the catalysts .In order to achieve that it is important to understand the nature of the active sites and ways to improve the activity.In this presentation we discuss the use of in-situ techniques to study the surfaces of MoS2 materials made of few layers and discuss the role of the sites on the crystal edges.We also demonstrate that during the reaction the MoS2 material becomes crumpled and changes from semiconductor to metallic.