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Elucidation of Molybdenum Trioxide Sulfurization: Mechanistic Insights into Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide Growth

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
卷 125, 期 9, 页码 1809-1815

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c06964

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  1. National Research Council Research Associate Award at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Armaments Center

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This study utilizes molecular dynamics simulations and ab initio calculations to elucidate the reaction pathway of sulfur with molybdenum trioxide. The research shows that molybdenum trioxide can catalyze the decomposition of larger sulfur allotropes, and the temperature dependence analysis indicates that the maximum reaction rates occur between 1000 and 1100 K, which is consistent with experimental growth temperatures for molybdenum disulfide.
Powder vaporization is a common method for the generation of large-area, single-crystal, two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide. While commonly employed as a growth method, the fundamental molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Recent ab initio analyses have shown that molybdenum oxysulfide rings play a key role in the sulfurization of molybdenum trioxide from elemental sulfur. In this study, we utilize molecular dynamics simulations with a reactive force field and ab initio calculations to elucidate the reaction pathway of sulfur with molybdenum trioxide. The molecular dynamics simulations demonstrated that for all sulfur allotropes the reaction pathway could be reduced to that of disulfur, trisulfur, or a combination of the two and that molybdenum trioxide can catalyze the decomposition of larger sulfur allotropes. Ab initio calculations were used to illuminate the intermediates and transition states in the reaction pathways for disulfur and trisulfur. Analysis of the temperature dependence of the transition state energies shows that the maximum reaction rates occur between 1000 and 1100 K, which corresponds with commonly reported experimental growth temperatures for molybdenum disulfide.

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