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Observation of an intermediate state during lithium intercalation of twisted bilayer MoS 2 .

Yecun WuJingyang WangYanbin LiJiawei ZhouBai Yang WangAnkun YangLin-Wang WangHarold Y HwangYi Cui
Published in: Nature communications (2022)
Lithium intercalation of MoS 2 is generally believed to introduce a phase transition from H phase (semiconducting) to T phase (metallic). However, during the intercalation process, a spatially sharp boundary is usually formed between the fully intercalated T phase MoS 2 and non-intercalated H phase MoS 2 . The intermediate state, i.e., lightly intercalated H phase MoS 2 without a phase transition, is difficult to investigate by optical-microscope-based spectroscopy due to the narrow size. Here, we report the stabilization of the intermediate state across the whole flake of twisted bilayer MoS 2 . The twisted bilayer system allows the lithium to intercalate from the top surface and enables fast Li-ion diffusion by the reduced interlayer interaction. The E 2g Raman mode of the intermediate state shows a peak splitting behavior. Our simulation results indicate that the intermediate state is stabilized by lithium-induced symmetry breaking of the H phase MoS 2 . Our results provide an insight into the non-uniform intercalation during battery charging and discharging, and also open a new opportunity to modulate the properties of twisted 2D systems with guest species doping in the Moiré structures.
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