Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of amorphous MoS2 catalysts and their activities in the hydrodeoxygenation of p-cresol

MoS₂ was fast synthesized by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method using MoCl₅ and (NH₂)₂CS as starting materials and exhibited high activity: the deoxygenation degree reached to 92.4% in the HDO of p-cresol at 300 °C for 6 h.