material

MoS2
ID:

mp-1025874
DOI:

10.17188/1356030

Material Details

Final Magnetic Moment
-0.000 μB

Calculated total magnetic moment for the unit cell within the magnetic ordering provided (see below). Typically accurate to the second digit.
Magnetic Ordering
Non-magnetic
Formation Energy / Atom
-1.306 eV

Calculated formation energy from the elements normalized to per atom in the unit cell.

Energy Above Hull / Atom
< 0.001 eV

The energy of decomposition of this material into the set of most stable materials at this chemical composition, in eV/atom. Stability is tested against all potential chemical combinations that result in the material's composition. For example, a Co2O3 structure would be tested for decomposition against other Co2O3 structures, against Co and O2 mixtures, and against CoO and O2 mixtures.

Density
2.80 g/cm3

The calculated bulk crystalline density, typically underestimated due calculated cell volumes overestimated on average by 3% (+/- 6%)

Decomposes To
MoS2
Band Gap
1.499 eV

In general, band gaps computed with common exchange-correlation functionals such as the LDA and GGA are severely underestimated. Typically the disagreement is reported to be ~50% in the literature. Some internal testing by the Materials Project supports these statements; typically, we find that band gaps are underestimated by ~40%. We additionally find that several known insulators are predicted to be metallic.

Space Group

Hermann Mauguin
P6m2 [187]
Hall
P 6 2
Point Group
6m2
Crystal System
hexagonal

Band Structure

Density of States
Warning! Semi-local DFT tends to severely underestimate bandgaps. Please see the wiki for more info.

sign indicates spin ↑ ↓

X-Ray Diffraction

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  • Cu
  • Ag
  • Mo
  • Fe

Calculated powder diffraction pattern; note that peak spacings may be affected due to inaccuracies in calculated cell volume, which is typically overestimated on average by 3% (+/- 6%)

Substrates

Reference for minimal coincident interface area (MCIA) and elastic energy:
substrate orientation:
No elastic tensor calculated for this material, so elastic energies not avaialable. Sorting by MCIA instead.
substrate material substrate orientation film orientation MCIA† [Å2]
C (mp-48) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 35.3
C (mp-48) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 176.3
C (mp-48) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 176.3
C (mp-48) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 202.7
LaAlO3 (mp-2920) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 26.4
LaAlO3 (mp-2920) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 79.3
LaAlO3 (mp-2920) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 132.2
AlN (mp-661) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 8.8
AlN (mp-661) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 141.0
AlN (mp-661) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 167.5
AlN (mp-661) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 141.0
AlN (mp-661) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 202.7
CeO2 (mp-20194) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 88.1
CeO2 (mp-20194) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 211.5
GaAs (mp-2534) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 238.0
GaAs (mp-2534) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 167.5
BaF2 (mp-1029) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 282.1
BaF2 (mp-1029) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 282.1
BaF2 (mp-1029) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 273.2
SiO2 (mp-6930) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 273.2
SiO2 (mp-6930) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 141.0
SiO2 (mp-6930) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 335.0
SiO2 (mp-6930) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 141.0
SiO2 (mp-6930) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 308.5
KCl (mp-23193) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 206.2
KCl (mp-23193) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 176.3
KCl (mp-23193) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 220.4
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 158.7
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <0 1 0> <0 0 1> 317.3
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <0 1 1> <0 0 1> 52.9
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 317.3
InAs (mp-20305) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 308.5
InAs (mp-20305) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 273.2
ZnSe (mp-1190) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 167.5
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 343.8
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 361.4
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 114.6
InP (mp-20351) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 246.8
InP (mp-20351) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 61.7
Te2W (mp-22693) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 246.8
CdWO4 (mp-19387) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 273.2
CdWO4 (mp-19387) <0 1 0> <0 0 1> 202.7
CdWO4 (mp-19387) <0 1 1> <0 0 1> 282.1
CdWO4 (mp-19387) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 282.1
CdWO4 (mp-19387) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 246.8
TePb (mp-19717) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 211.5
TePb (mp-19717) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 176.3
TePb (mp-19717) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 79.3
Te2Mo (mp-602) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 79.3
Te2Mo (mp-602) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 220.4
Up to 50 entries displayed.
†minimal coincident interface area.

Elasticity

Reference for tensor and properties:
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Stiffness Tensor Cij (GPa)
122 30 0 -0 -0 0
30 122 0 -0 -0 0
0 0 2 0 0 0
-0 -0 0 0 0 -0
-0 -0 0 0 0 -0
0 0 0 -0 -0 46
Compliance Tensor Sij (10-12Pa-1)
8.8 -2.2 -0.7 0 0 0
-2.2 8.8 -0.7 0 0 0
-0.7 -0.7 631 0 0 0
0 0 0 6065.4 0 0
0 0 0 0 6065.4 0
0 0 0 0 0 21.9
Shear Modulus GV
23 GPa
Bulk Modulus KV
34 GPa
Shear Modulus GR
0 GPa
Bulk Modulus KR
2 GPa
Shear Modulus GVRH
12 GPa
Bulk Modulus KVRH
18 GPa
Elastic Anisotropy
321.85
Poisson's Ratio
0.23

Similar Structures beta feature

Explanation of dissimilarity measure: Documentation.
material dissimilarity Ehull # of elements
W2SeS3 (mp-1028558) 0.1413 0.010 3
Mo2WS6 (mp-1025922) 0.1442 0.002 3
Mo2WS6 (mp-1025911) 0.1436 0.002 3
Mo(WS3)2 (mp-1025689) 0.1444 0.002 3
MoWS4 (mp-1023954) 0.1368 0.002 3
MoW3(SeS)4 (mp-1028947) 0.1398 0.013 4
Mo2W(SeS2)2 (mp-1026023) 0.1308 0.012 4
MoW2(SeS2)2 (mp-1025824) 0.1498 0.013 4
Mo3W(SeS3)2 (mp-1027795) 0.1441 0.010 4
MoW(SeS)2 (mp-1023955) 0.1526 0.014 4
WS2 (mp-1028441) 0.0681 0.001 2
WS2 (mp-1025571) 0.0594 0.001 2
MoS2 (mp-1023939) 0.0431 0.001 2
WS2 (mp-1023925) 0.0653 0.001 2
MoS2 (mp-1027525) 0.0230 0.000 2
Te4MoW3(SeS)2 (mp-1030574) 0.2754 0.087 5
Te2MoWSeS (mp-1030534) 0.2724 0.080 5
Te2MoWSeS (mp-1030176) 0.2740 0.060 5
Te2MoWSeS (mp-1028919) 0.2778 0.095 5
Te4Mo3W(SeS)2 (mp-1027133) 0.2719 0.094 5
Up to 5 similar elemental, binary, ternary, quaternary, etc. structures displayed (dissimilarity threshold 0.75). Ehull: energy above hull per atom [eV].

Synthesis Descriptions

10.1002/cnma.201600117
Commercial molybdenum disulfide (com-MoS2) powder (Aldrich) was soaked in n-butyllithium in hexane (Aldrich) to form LixMoS2. The lithiated product was exfoliated in water to form a quasi-stable suspe [...]
10.1007/s10854-017-6430-8
The D-MoS2 were prepared according to the reference reported previously [23]. The specific process is as follows: hexaammonium heptamolybdate tetrahydrate (2mmol, (NH4)6Mo7O244H2O) and thiourea (60 [...]
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Calculation Summary

Elasticity

Methodology

Structure Optimization

Run Type
GGA
Energy Cutoff
520 eV
# of K-points
None
U Values
--
Pseudopotentials
VASP PAW: Mo_pv S
Final Energy/Atom
-7.2362 eV
Corrected Energy
-69.1068 eV
-69.1068 eV = -65.1260 eV (uncorrected energy) - 3.9808 eV (MP Anion Correction)

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  • MAGICS calculation of band structures of 2D TMDC stacked heterostructures

Displaying lattice parameters for primitive cell; note that calculated cell volumes are typically overestimated on average by 3% (+/- 6%). Note the primitive cell may appear less symmetric than the conventional cell representation (see "Structure Type" selector below the 3d structure)