Tantalum(IV) sulfide

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Tantalum(IV) sulfide
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Crystal structure showing two stacked S-Ta-S sheets
Names
Other names
tantalum disulfide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ECHA InfoCard 100.032.047
Properties
TaS2
Molar mass 245.078 g/mol[1]
Appearance black crystals[1]
Density 6.86 g/cm3[1]
Melting point >3000 °C [1]
Insoluble[1]
Hazards
not listed
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tantalum(IV) sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula TaS2. It is a layered compound with three-coordinate sulfide centres and trigonal prismatic metal centres. It is structurally similar to the more famous material molybdenum disulfide, MoS2. TaS2 is a semiconductor with d1 electron configuration. Although an obscure material otherwise, TaS2 has been the subject of numerous studies because it is a versatile host for intercalation of electron donors,[2] and because it exhibits unusual phase transitions at low temperatures.

Preparation[edit]

TaS2 is prepared by reaction of powdered tantalum and sulfur at ~900 °C.[3] It is purified and crystallized by chemical vapor transport using iodine as the transporting agent:[4]

TaS2 + 2 I2 ⇌ TaI4 + 2 S

Properties[edit]

(a): Schematic of the David star pattern in 1T-TaS2 where green atoms are S and purple are Ta. (b) and (c) are STM images taken at 6.5 K at different magnifications, before and after application of 2.8 V pulses through the STM tip. Insets show ~10 times magnified images.

Three major crystalline phases are known for TaS2: trigonal 1T with one S-Ta-S sheet per unit cell, hexagonal 2H with two S-Ta-S sheets, and rhombohedral 3R with three S-Ta-S sheets per cell; 4H and 6R phases are also observed, but less frequently. These polymorphs mostly differ by the relative arrangement of the S-Ta-S sheet rather than the sheet structure.[5]

2H-TaS2 is a superconductor with the bulk transition temperature TC = 0.5, which increases to 2.2 K in flakes with a thickness of a few atomic layers.[3] The bulk TC value increases up to ~8 K at 10 GPa and then saturates with increasing pressure.[6] In contrast, 1T-TaS2 starts superconducting only at ~2 GPa; as a function of pressure its TC quickly rises up to 5 K at ~4 GPa and then saturates.[7]

At ambient pressure and low temperatures 1T-TaS2 is a Mott insulator.[7] Upon heating it changes to a Triclinic charge density wave (TCDW) state at TTCDW ~ 220 K[8][9][10], to a nearly commensurate charge density wave (NCCDW) state at TNCCDW ~ 280 K[11], to an incommensurate CDW (ICCDW) state at TICCDW ~ 350 K[11], and to a metallic state at TM ~ 600 K.

In the CDW state the TaS2 lattice deforms to create a periodic Star of David pattern. Application of voltage pulses (~2–3 V) in a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to the CDW state creates a "mosaic state" consisting of nanometer-sized domains, where both the domains and their walls exhibit metallic conductivity. This mosaic structure is metastable and gradually disappears upon heating from ~5 to 50 K.[4][12]

References[edit]

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