The Role of Molybdenum Oxysulfide Rings in the Formation of Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide by Powder Vaporization
Autor: | Joshua A Maurer, Stephen F. Bartolucci, Thierry Tsafack |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
inorganic chemicals
Nucleophilic addition Inorganic chemistry chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Sulfur 0104 chemical sciences Molybdenum trioxide enzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates) chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Nucleophile Molybdenum Vaporization bacteria Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 0210 nano-technology Molybdenum disulfide Equilibrium constant |
Zdroj: | The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122:7320-7327 |
ISSN: | 1520-5215 1089-5639 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b04891 |
Popis: | Sulfurization of molybdenum trioxide by elemental sulfur through powder vaporization is a common method used for growth of molybdenum disulfide. Optimization of complexes between sulfur allotropes and molybdenum species using Density Functional Theory has revealed the molecular mechanism of sulfurization. Complete sulfurization of molybdenum trioxide to molybdenum disulfide requires at least three sets of nucleophilic addition-elimination reactions that generate the experimentally observed molybdenum oxysulfide intermediates along the reaction pathway. Each nucleophilic addition reaction of a sulfur allotrope to a molybdenum species gives rise to a molybdenum oxysulfide ring, which can dissociate into a more sulfurized molybdenum intermediate. At the typical growth temperatures used in powder vaporization, the equilibrium constants for these reactions are essentially unity. Thus, sulfurization is driven by excess sulfur and gas flow through the growth furnace. |
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