Structural Characterization of a Novel Two-Dimensional Material: Cobalt Sulfide Sheets on Au(111)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 11, pp. 9038–9044
Abstract
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are a type of two-dimensional (2D) material that has been widely investigated by both experimentalists and theoreticians because of their unique properties. In the case of cobalt sulfide, density functional theory (DFT) calculations on free-standing S-Co-S sheets suggest there are no stable 2D cobalt sulfide polymorphs, whereas experimental observations clearly show TMDC-like structures on Au(111). In this study, we resolve this disagreement by using a combination of experimental techniques and DFT calculations, considering the substrate explicitly. We find a 2D CoS(0001)-like sheet on Au(111) that delivers excellent agreement between theory and experiment. Uniquely this sheet exhibits a metallic character, contrary to most TMDCs, and exists due to the stabilizing interactions with the Au(111) substrate.
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Mahesh Krishna Prabhu Aachen
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Leiden University , , P.O. Box 9502, ,
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Dajo Boden Aachen
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Leiden University , , P.O. Box 9502, ,
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Leiden University , , P.O. Box 9504, ,
Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Leiden University , , P.O. Box 9502, ,
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Affiliation as printed
Leiden University , , P.O. Box 9502, ,
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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