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Salt-assisted synthesis of high phase-purity metastable 1T'-phase group VIB transition metal dichalcogenides.

Wei Zhai, Zhenyu Shi, Rui Tao, Zijian Li, Dan Dong, Jiabei Tang, Wenbin Wang, Lixin Wang, Hua Yang, Li Zhai and 8 more

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Wei Zhai *Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Zhenyu Shi *Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-4620
Rui Tao *Department of Physics and Materials, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Zijian Li *Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3107-0568
Dan DongDepartment of Physics and Materials, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Jiabei TangDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Wenbin WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Lixin WangDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Hua YangDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Li ZhaiDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Xinyang RuanDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Yuxuan WuDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Jie WangDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Yao YaoDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Chen ZhaoDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Qiyuan HeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-8285
Zhuangchai LaiDepartment of Physics and Materials, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. zhuangchai.lai@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-6568
Hua ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-740X

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Abstract

With the increasing progress in the emerging field of phase engineering of nanomaterials, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) with metastable phases have attracted extensive research interest owing to their unique physicochemical properties and promising potential for various applications. Unlike their semiconducting counterparts, metastable 1T'-phase group VIB TMDs exhibit distinctive metallic behavior, making them highly promising for clean energy electrocatalysis (for example, hydrogen evolution), high-performance electronics and superconducting devices. However, conventional synthetic strategies usually suffer from low yields, poor phase purity, small crystal size and harsh experimental conditions, hindering their fundamental research and practical applications. Here we describe a salt-assisted method for the controlled preparation of various metastable 1T'-phase group VIB TMDs with high crystalline quality and high phase purity. In this context, 'salt-assisted' refers to the co-annealing of commercially available 2H-phase TMDs, chalcogen powders (for example, S or Se) and alkali metal salts (for example, K

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