Precursor Route to Molybdenum Disulfide

Submitted by PHILIPPE R. BONNEAU, JOHN B. WILEY, t and RICHARD R KANER  

Precursors should be stored and handled in a helium- or argon-filled dry box. 

Solid-state metathesis reactions are best performed with high-quality molybdenum(V) chloride. M0CI5 can be obtained commercially (Aesar) 

The M0S2 product is a gray, highly crystalline material in which shiny crystallites can often be observed. The product contains both the 2H- and 3K-M0S2 polytypes. The powder X-ray diflraction pattern has major reflections at d = 6.16 (100% relative intensity), 2.28 (58%), and 1.83 (29%) for the 2H- 

Solid Lubricants and Self-Lubricating Solids, Academic Press, New York, 1972. 

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