Lithiation Induced Phases in 1T'-MoTe2 Nanoflakes

Xu, Shiyu; Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth; Li, Shunran; Williams, Natalie L.; Hou, Bowen; Huang, Jason J.; Boebinger, Matthew G.; Lee, Sihun; Wang, Mengjing; Singer, Andrej; Guo, Peijun; Qiu, Diana Y.; Cha, Judy J.

doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c06330

Lithiation Induced Phases in 1T'-MoTe₂ Nanoflakes

Journal Article · Tue Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c06330· OSTI ID:2432572

^[1]; Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth ^[2]; ^[3]; Williams, Natalie L. ^[4]; Hou, Bowen ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[7]; Lee, Sihun ^[6]; Wang, Mengjing ^[6]; ^[6]; ^[3]; ^[5]; ^[6]

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States; Energy Sciences Institute, Yale West Campus, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 United States

Multiple polytypes of MoTe₂ with distinct structures and intriguing electronic properties can be accessed by various physical and chemical approaches. Here, in this study, we report electrochemical lithium (Li) intercalation into 1T'-MoTe₂ nanoflakes, leading to the discovery of two previously unreported lithiated phases. Distinguished by their structural differences from the pristine 1T' phase, these distinct phases were characterized using in situ polarization Raman spectroscopy and in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The lithiated phases exhibit increasing resistivity with decreasing temperature, and their carrier densities are two to 4 orders of magnitude smaller than the metallic 1T' phase, as probed through in situ Hall measurements. The discovery of these gapped phases in initially metallic 1T'-MoTe₂ underscores electrochemical intercalation as a potent tool for tuning the phase stability and electron density in two-dimensional (2D) materials.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; SC0012704; SC0019445; SC0021965

OSTI ID:: 2432572

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2438821

Report Number(s):: BNL--225950-2024-JAAM

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Issue: 26 Vol. 18; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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