Tungsten disulfide
Left: WS2 film on sapphire. Right: dark exfoliated WS2 film floating on water
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IUPAC names
Tungsten sulfur
Bis(sulfanylidene)tungsten | |
Systematic IUPAC name
Dithioxotungsten | |
Other names
Tungsten(IV) sulfide
Tungstenite | |
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Properties | |
WS2 | |
Molar mass | 247.98 g/mol |
Appearance | Blue-gray powder[1] |
Density | 7.5 g/cm3, solid[1] |
Melting point | 1,250 °C (2,280 °F; 1,520 K) decomposes[1] |
Slightly soluble | |
Band gap | ~1.35 eV (optical, indirect, bulk)[2][3] ~2.05 eV (optical, direct, monolayer)[4] |
+5850·10−6 cm3/mol[5] | |
Structure | |
Molybdenite | |
Trigonal prismatic (WIV)Pyramidal (S2−) | |
Related compounds | |
Other anions
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Tungsten(IV) oxide Tungsten diselenide Tungsten ditelluride |
Other cations
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Tantalum disulfide
Rhenium disulfide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tungsten disulfide is an inorganic
WS2 adopts a layered structure similar, or isotypic with MoS2, instead with W atoms situated in trigonal prismatic coordination sphere (in place of Mo atoms). Owing to this layered structure, WS2 forms non-carbon nanotubes, which were discovered after heating a thin sample of WS2 in 1992.[6]
Structure and physical properties
Bulk WS2 forms dark gray hexagonal crystals with a layered structure. Like the closely related MoS2, it exhibits properties of a dry lubricant.
Although it has long been thought that WS2 is relatively stable in ambient air, recent reports on the ambient air oxidation of monolayer WS2 have found this to not be the case. In the monolayer form, WS2 is converted rather rapidly (over the course of days in ambient light and atmosphere) to tungsten oxide via a photo-oxidation reaction involving visible wavelengths of light readily absorbed by monolayer WS2 (< ~660 nm; > ~1.88 eV).
WS2 is also attacked by a mixture of nitric and hydrofluoric acid. When heated in oxygen-containing atmosphere, WS2 converts to tungsten trioxide. When heated in absence of oxygen, WS2 does not melt but decomposes to tungsten and sulfur, but only at 1250 °C.[1]
Historically monolayer WS2 was isolated using chemical exfoliation via intercalation with lithium from n-butyl lithium (in hexane), followed by exfoliation of the Li intercalated compound by sonication in water.
Synthesis
WS2 is produced by a number of methods.[1][13] Many of these methods involve treating oxides with sources of sulfide or hydrosulfide, supplied as hydrogen sulfide or generated in situ.
Thin films and monolayers
Widely used techniques for the growth of monolayer WS2 include
Freestanding WS2 films can be produced as follows. WS2 is deposited on a hydrophilic substrate, such as sapphire, and then coated with a polymer, such as polystyrene. After dipping the sample in water for a few minutes, the hydrophobic WS2 film spontaneously peels off.[15]
Applications
WS2 is used, in conjunction with other materials, as
Research
Like MoS2, nanostructured WS2 is actively studied for potential applications, such as storage of hydrogen and lithium.[11] WS2 also catalyses hydrogenation of carbon dioxide:[11][19][20]
- CO2 + H2 → CO + H2O
Nanotubes
Tungsten disulfide is the first material which was found to form
WS2 nanotubes are hollow and can be filled with another material, to preserve or guide it to a desired location, or to generate new properties in the filler material which is confined within a nanometer-scale diameter. To this goal, non-carbon nanotube hybrids were made by filling WS2 nanotubes with molten lead, antimony or bismuth iodide salt by a capillary wetting process, resulting in PbI2@WS2, SbI3@WS2 or BiI3@WS2 core–shell nanotubes.[25]
Nanosheets
WS2 can also exist in the form of atomically thin sheets.[26] Such materials exhibit room-temperature photoluminescence in the monolayer limit.[27]
Transistors
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