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Title: Structural Studies of Alloyed and Nanoparticle Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Selenium-77 Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Journal Article · · Chemistry of Materials
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  1. Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); St. Mary's Univ. of Minnesota, Winona, MN (United States)
  2. Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  3. Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
  4. Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States); St. Mary's Univ. of Minnesota, Winona, MN (United States)
  5. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
  6. Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States); Clemson Univ., SC (United States); ChemImpakt LLC, Milwaukee, WI (United States)

Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) such as MoS2, MoSe2, and WSe2 are under intense investigation because they are atomically thin semiconductors with photophysical properties that can be tuned by changing their composition or morphology. Mechanochemical processing has been proposed as a method to obtain alloyed TMDCs in the series Mo1–xWxSySe2–y (x = 0–1; y = 0–2). However, elucidating the chemical transformations occurring at the atomic scale following mechanochemical processing can be challenging because the products are often amorphous or microcrystalline. To address this challenge, we probe TMDC mixing and alloying by using a combination of powder X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, 77Se solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy, and planewave density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The nature of the milling material and reaction atmosphere are shown to be essential factors in limiting the formation of undesired oxide byproducts. We demonstrate acquisition of 77Se SSNMR spectra using different combinations of Carr-Purcell Meiboom-Gill acquisition (CPMG) pulse sequences, magic angle spinning (MAS), and MAS dynamic nuclear polarization. Further, the combination of SSNMR with the other characterization methods clearly demonstrates that high energy impact ball milling induces molecular level alloying of Mo, W and chalcogen atoms in the family Mo1–xWxSySe2–y. Gauge including projector augmented wave DFT calculations yield accurate 77Se chemical shift (CS) tensor components. 77Se SSNMR spectroscopy was also applied to study the structure of WSe2 nanocrystals intercalated with ethylenediamine. The intercalated WSe2 nanocrystals exhibit a more positive isotropic 77Se CS as compared to bulk WSe2, however, the 77Se CS anisotropy is the same, confirming the WSe2 layers have a similar structure as in their bulk counterparts.

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
2477808
Report Number(s):
AL-J--660
Journal Information:
Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 36; ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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