| Abstract Scope |
The unique physical properties of low-dimensional metal sulfide materials have attracted great attention in sustainable several energy storage and conversion applications. The ultrahigh surface area of nanostructured semiconductors in combination with their extraordinary physiochemical, electronic and optical properties offer the application as catalysts. The huge number of active sides of 2D van der Waals materials like transition metal disulfides (TMDC) and monosulfides (MS), as well as their suitable and tunable band gap offer their application in energy conversion devices. The lacking control of large-scale material synthesis corresponding to specific requirements in commercial material formation processes is still challenging, which motivated us to develop a unique synthetic approach to low-dimensional layered materials MS2 (MIV= Mo, W, Ti, Nb, Ta, Sn) and MS (MII=Sn, Ge). A uniform synthesis route of molecular building blocks for controlled formation of (air)stable precursor classes [M{S(C2H4)2NMe}x] (x = 1, 2) was developed. |