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In-situ TEM investigation of MoS2 upon alkali metal intercalation

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Phase transition in two dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) can be induced by several methods and has been investigated for decades. Alkali metal insertion of MoS2 had been proved an effective method to cause phase transition early in 1970s, and has been gaining renewed interest recently, due to the possible application of MoS2 in energy storage. The alkali metal intercalation of MoS2 has been studied by various techniques, among which in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides unique capability of real time resolving the structural evolution of the materials at high spatial resolutions. Here by in-situ TEM technique we investigated the structural evolution of MoS2 upon lithium and sodium intercalation, along with transformation of the nanosheet and variation of the electron diffraction patterns. The intercalation process is accompanied by emergence of superstructures, which exist in several forms. The ion intercalation results in phase transition of MoS2 from 2H to 1T, and the driving mechanism of the phase transition are discussed. The work provides a more comprehensive understanding of ion intercalation induced phase transition of MoS2.

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This work was supported by the Program from Chinese Academy of Sciences (ZDYZ2015-1, XDB07030100) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11474337, 51421002, 51172273, 221322304, 11290161).

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    Qianming Huang, Lifen Wang, Zhi Xu, Wenlong Wang & Xuedong Bai

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100190, China

    Xuedong Bai

  3. School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Xuedong Bai

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Huang, Q., Wang, L., Xu, Z. et al. In-situ TEM investigation of MoS2 upon alkali metal intercalation. Sci. China Chem. 61, 222–227 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-017-9128-0

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