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Molybdenum disulfide nanosheets intercalated between graphite layers

Koya San-yoshi,a   Takehiko Sasaki, ORCID logo b   Takeshi Kubota,c   Norihito Sakaguchi ORCID logo d  and  Masayuki Shirai ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Chemistry Course, Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University, Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551, Japan
E-mail: mshirai@iwate-u.ac.jp

b Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan

c Interdisciplinary Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan

d Center for Advanced Research of Energy and Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan

Abstract

Molybdenum disulfide–graphite intercalation compounds (MoS2–GICs), featuring lateral dimensions of several hundred nanometers and a thickness of one to two molybdenum disulfide layers, were synthesized via intercalation of molybdenum chloride into graphite followed by sulfidation with hydrogen sulfide within the graphite interlayers. The resulting MoS2–GIC catalysts demonstrated superior activity and selectivity for the hydrodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene, as well as enhanced activity for naphthalene hydrogenation, compared to molybdenum disulfide supported on graphite (MoS2/Gmix), when evaluated in a batch reaction system.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC03707G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jul 2025
Accepted
15 Aug 2025
First published
20 Aug 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Molybdenum disulfide nanosheets intercalated between graphite layers

K. San-yoshi, T. Sasaki, T. Kubota, N. Sakaguchi and M. Shirai, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC03707G

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