Characterization of nanosize molybdenum trisulfide for lithium batteries and MoS3 structure confirmation via electrochemistry

Authors

J. Wang, University of WollongongFollow
S. H. Ng, University of WollongongFollow
S. Y. Chew, University of WollongongFollow
D. Wexler, University of WollongongFollow
G. X. Wang, University of WollongongFollow
Hua-Kun Liu, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

22504

Publication Details

Wang, J., Ng, S., Chew, S., Wexler, D., Wang, G. Liu, H. K. (2007). Characterization of nanosize molybdenum trisulfide for lithium batteries and MoS3 structure confirmation via electrochemistry. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 10 (9), A204-A207.

Abstract

Nanosize molybdenum trisulfide, MoS3, was synthesized in a polyoxyethylene(2) nonylphenyl ether/cyclohexane/water microemulsion by acidifying ammonium tetrathiomolybdate solubilized in the water cores of inverse micelles. MoS3 was also prepared by thermal decomposition for comparison. X-ray diffraction, TEM, and electrochemical testing characterized the molybdenum trisulfide. By comparing the cyclic voltammetry results on MoS3 and S electrodes in lithium cells, the conclusions about the structure of MoS3 from previous research work have been confirmed. That is, the molybdenum trisulfide molecules were not a mixture of MoS2 and elemental S. Molybdenum trisulfide exists as Mo3S9 clusters, which are, in turn, linked by bridging SS bonds.