Observation of an intermediate state during lithium intercalation of twisted bilayer MoS2

Yecun Wu; Jingyang Wang; Yanbin Li; Jiawei Zhou; Bai Yang Wang; Ankun Yang; Lin-Wang Wang; Harold Y. Hwang; Yi Cui

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30516-z

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Observation of an intermediate state during lithium intercalation of twisted bilayer MoS2

Yecun Wu,
Jingyang Wang,
Yanbin Li,
Jiawei Zhou,
Bai Yang Wang,
Ankun Yang,
Lin-Wang Wang,
Harold Y. Hwang,
Yi Cui

Affiliations

Yecun Wu: Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jingyang Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Yanbin Li: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Jiawei Zhou: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Bai Yang Wang: Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Ankun Yang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Lin-Wang Wang: Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Harold Y. Hwang: Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Yi Cui: Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30516-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Li intercalation of MoS2 induces a transition from the insulating H-phase to the metallic T-phase, with a sharp boundary in between. Here the authors stabilize the intermediate phase in twisted bilayer MoS2, by leveraging the Moiré potential which facilitates fast Li diffusion and uniform intercalation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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