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Amorphous molybdenum sulfide and its Mo-S motifs: Structural characteristics, synthetic strategies, and comprehensive applications

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Amorphous materials are one kind of nonequilibrium materials and have become one of the most active research fields. Compared with crystalline solids, the theory of amorphous materials is still in infancy because their characteristic of atomic arrangement is more like liquid and has no long-range periodicity. Recently, as the representative of amorphous materials, amorphous molybdenum sulfide (a-MoSx) with unique physical and chemical properties has been studied extensively. However, considerable debate surrounds the structure—property relationships of a-MoSx owing to its diverse Mo-S motifs. Herein, we summarize recent discoveries and research results regarding a-MoSx, whose structural characteristics, synthetic strategies, formation criteria, and comprehensive applications are discussed in detail. Finally, this review is ended with our personal insights and critical outlooks over the development of a-MoSx.

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This work was financially supported by the National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (No. 61825503), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51902101, 61775101, and 61804082), the Youth Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (No. 2021JJ40044), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20201381), and Science Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (No. NY219144).

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Chang, C., Wang, L., Xie, L. et al. Amorphous molybdenum sulfide and its Mo-S motifs: Structural characteristics, synthetic strategies, and comprehensive applications. Nano Res. 15, 8613–8635 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4507-z

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