Figure 5

SEM morphological analyses of treated and not treated MoS2 NSs. (a-b) Represents the morphology of non-irradiated but exfoliated MoS2 nanoflakes, (b) is the magnified (X 10) image of the rectangular area in a, marked by a yellow border and shows a pristine surface of flakes. (c-d) Represent the irradiated MoS2 sample with some structural damage, (d) being the magnified (X 10) image of the rectangular area in (c), marked by a yellow border. In (d) rectangular regions indicated by red borders show details of irradiated samples enlightening the appearance of pores into the nanosheets, induced by radiation treatment.