@article { ISI:000314381700030,
	title = {One-pot synthesis of gold nanoparticle/molybdenum cluster/graphene oxide nanocomposite and its photocatalytic activity},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis B-Environmental},
	volume = {130},
	year = {2013},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {270-276},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>The paper reports on a facile one-pot synthesis of a tri-component gold nanoparticle/molybdenum cluster/graphene oxide (AuNPs@Mo-GO) nanohybrid composite. The synthetic methodology consists on direct UV irradiation of an aqueous solution containing graphene oxide (GO), Na-2[Mo6Br8(N-3)(6)], HAuCl4 center dot 3H(2)O and isopropanol at room temperature in air using a UV fiber lamp. The composite material exhibits very high photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B under visible light irradation. The resulting nanohybrid material was characterized using Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {gold nanoparticles, graphene oxide, Nanohybrid, Photodegradation, Rhodamine B, visible light, [Mo6Br8(N-3)(6)](2-)cluster},
	issn = {0926-3373},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcatb.2012.11.017},
	author = {Barras, Alexandre and Das, Manash R. and Devarapalli, Rami Reddy and Shelke, Manjusha V. and Cordier, Stephane and Szunerits, Sabine and Boukherroub, Rabah}
}
@article {43813,
	title = {One-step synthesis of a MoS2-CuS composite with high electrochemical activity as an effective counter electrode for CdS/CdSe sensitized solar cells},
	journal = {Chemelectrochem},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2017},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {1984-1989},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Inorganic nanostructured composite materials involving metal sulfides are increasingly important in electrochemical applications like solar cells. In this research, we have developed a one-step in situ solvothermal method to synthesize a MoS2-CuS composite. MoS2 sheets increase electron-transfer ability, assisting the improvement in catalytic activity of the MoS2-CuS counter electrode. The charge-transfer resistance derived from impedance spectroscopy for the MoS2-CuS composite counter electrode at the electrode/electrolyte interface is very low, as compared to MoS2, mostly owing to the increased number of active catalytic sites for the reduction of polysulfide electrolyte. The Tafel polarization plot shows excellent electrocatalytic activity of the MoS2-CuS composite towards polysulfide electrolyte. Finally, the CdS/CdSe sensitized solar cell achieves a power conversion efficiency of about 5\% upon optimization of the MoS2-CuS composition.},
	doi = {10.1002/celc.201700231},
	author = {Kamaja, Chaitanya Krishna and Devarapalli, Rami Reddy and Shelke, Manjusha V.}
}
