SEM characterization reveals comparable morphology with nano-MoS2 samples, with fewmicron sized secondary particles consisting of smaller flake-like primary particles with a lateral size in the range of 100 nm (Fig. ). Both MoS2-HDA-1 and MoS2-HDA-0.5 appear comparable to nano-MoS2, indicating that the addition of HDA does not significantly affect the resulting MoS2 morphology when the pH of the precursor solution remained at 1. Quantitative analysis via DLS confirms a comparable secondary particle size distribution with MoS2-HDA-0.5 showing slightly reduced sizes (Fig. ).