2H-MoS2 natural (natural MoS2 hexagonal shaped)
The natural MoS2 is a semiconductor with an indirect band gap of 1.2 eV. Please note that we also produce synthetic MoS2 which has a better controlled purity (99.995% purity). Monolayer MoS2 has a band gap of ~1.8 eV. Molybdenum Disulfide is used for example as a photodetector and transistor. The layers are stacked together via van der Waals interactions and can be exfoliated into thin 2D layers. MoS2 belongs to the group-VI transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC).
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The natural MoS2 crystals from HQ Graphene have a typical lateral size of ~1-1.5 cm and are hexagonal shaped.
| Crystal size | ~10 mm - 15 mm |
| Electrical properties | Semiconductor |
| Crystal structure | Hexagonal |
| Unit cell parameters | a = b = 0.315 nm, c = 1.229 nm, α = β = 90°, γ = 120° |
| Type | Natural crystal |
| Purity | >99.9 % |
| Characterized by | XRD, Raman, EDX |
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The single crystal natural MoS2 is characterized using:
XRD: single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (D8 Venture Bruker and D8 Advance Bruker)EDX: Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy for stoichiometric analysis
Raman: 785 nm Raman system
Raman, XRD and EDX on the natural MoS2:
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MoS2 natural (natural MoS2 hexagonal shaped)
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3. Blue, B.T., et al. "Metallicity of 2H-MoS2 induced by Au hybridization." 2D Materials 7.2 (2020): 025021