Volume 57, Issue 5
Communication

Structure Re‐determination and Superconductivity Observation of Bulk 1T MoS2

Dr. Yuqiang Fang

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road, 19, Beijing, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Chengfu Road, 202, Beijing, P. R. China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Jie Pan

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Jianqiao He

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road, 19, Beijing, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Chengfu Road, 202, Beijing, P. R. China

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Dr. Ruichun Luo

State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dongchuani Road, 800, Shanghai, P. R. China

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Dong Wang

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

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Xiangli Che

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

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Kejun Bu

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road, 19, Beijing, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Chengfu Road, 202, Beijing, P. R. China

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Wei Zhao

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

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Pan Liu

State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dongchuani Road, 800, Shanghai, P. R. China

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Prof. Gang Mu

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: mugang@mail.sim.ac.cn

State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changning Road, 865, Shanghai, P. R. China

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Hui Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changning Road, 865, Shanghai, P. R. China

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Tianquan Lin

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: lintianquan@mail.sic.ac.cn

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

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Prof. Fuqiang Huang

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: huangfq@mail.sic.ac.cn

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dingxi Road, 1295, Shanghai, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Chengfu Road, 202, Beijing, P. R. China

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First published: 06 December 2017
Citations: 38

Abstract

2H MoS2 has been intensively studied because of its layer‐dependent electronic structures and novel physical properties. Though the metastable 1T MoS2 with a [MoS6] octahedron was observed over the microscopic area, the true crystal structure of 1T phase has not been strictly determined. Moreover, the true physical properties have not been demonstrated from experiments owing to the challenge for the preparation of pure 1T MoS2 crystals. 1T MoS2 single crystals were successfully synthesized and the crystal structure of 1T MoS2 re‐determined from single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. 1T MoS2 crystallizes in the space group Purn:x-wiley:14337851:media:anie201710512:anie201710512-math-0001 m1 with a cell of a=b=3.190(3) Å and c=5.945(6) Å. The individual MoS2 layer consists of MoS6 octahedra sharing edges with each other. More surprisingly, the bulk 1T MoS2 crystals undergo a superconducting transition of T c=4 K, which is the first observation of superconductivity in pure 1T MoS2 phase.

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