A recent study demonstrates hydrogen-impurity induced magnetism in molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe₂). Layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a promising class of materials with optoelectronic, superconducting, catalytic, and topological properties. In TMDs, the polymorphic MoTe₂ exhibits various electronic and magnetic properties. Its metallic 1T' phase turns into a Td phase at ≈250 K. The latter is a topological Weyl semimetal with unconventional superconductivity at low temperatures.

The synthesis and characterization of molybdenum carbide catalysts on different carbon supports were investigated by researchers from Henan Polytechnic University. Molybdenum carbide was prepared by carburization of ammonium molybdate on cellulose, g-C₃N₄, MWCNTs, and sodium lignosulfonate without using any gaseous carbon source. In addition, the formation of molybdenum carbide was investigated in depth by in situ characterization using a simultaneous thermal analyzer-quadrupole mass spectrometry system.

The silver paste for the front electrode of solar cells is one of the main raw materials that affect the electrical properties of solar cells. The photovoltaic front silver paste is mainly composed of three parts: conductive phase, organic term and inorganic term. 

A study conducted mainly by researchers at Nanjing University reports the uniform nucleation (>99%) of bilayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) on c-plane sapphire. Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are of interest to researchers in the field of electronics. It is believed that the combination of good electrostatic control, smaller bandgap, and higher mobility than single-layer TMDs has the potential to improve the power-delay products of transistors. However, despite the progress made in the growth of single-layer TMDs, multilayer controlled epitaxial growth remains a challenge.