Morphological structure characterizations of Mo2C hybrids were performed on SEM (JEOL-JSM-7001F) and TEM (FEI Talos F200X, FEI Titan ChemisSTEM, FEI Titan Themis). HAADF-STEM images were carried out by a Cs-corrected FEI Titan G2 60-300 equipped with a Super-X EDS detector. The LADIA package was used to analysis the strain states of Mo2C nanocrystals during the loading and unloading of tensile stress32 (link). The surface electronic structure was checked by XPS spectra (XPX, PHI-5702). The C and N K-edge NEXAFS spectra were measured at the photoemission end-station at beamline BL10B in the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) in Hefei, China. X-ray absorption spectra (XANES and EXAFS) of Mo K-edge were measured on VESPERS beamline at the Canadian Light Source, by scanning a double crystal Si (111) monochromator and collecting emitted X-ray fluorescence.
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