shows a significant initial capacity decay described in the previous section 3.1.2, this initial decay is much smaller for both HDA-pillared samples. This can be explained by the absence of the 2H-to-1T transition for these samples, demonstrating the advantage of the 1T' phase formed for interlayer-expanded MoS2. When comparing MoS2-HDA-0.5 to MoS2-HDA-1, the former shows significantly improved cycling stability. This is an indication that a reduced number of pillars confined in the interlayer space may be beneficial for cycling stability. The underlying mechanism and an investigation into the optimum number of pillars will be topic of future investigation using operando techniques and post mortem cryogenic TEM analysis.