Ternary molybdenum cluster sulfides: electrochemical and chemical behavior of in situ pulsed laser deposited thin films
Abstract
The electrochemical deinsertions and insertions in recently synthesised PLD molybdenum cluster sulfide films are presented. We prove that CuxMo6S8 can be electrochemically converted to Mo6S8. The copper, cadmium, zinc and lead intercalation performed by electrochemistry on deintercalated films has succeeded. During this study, we also report that the use of a chemical process allows the formation of PbMo6S8 and SnMo6S8 thin films, that means that the intercalation of large cations is effective like the one of small cations.