Basal Plane Functionalization of Niobium Disulfide Nanosheets with Cyclopentadienyl Manganese(I) Dicarbonyl

Jarrett D. Dillenburger, Minh An T. Nguyen, Pengtao Xu, Jeffrey R. Shallenberger, Thomas E. Mallouk

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Abstract

Basal plane-functionalized NbS2nanosheets were obtained using in situ photolysis to generate the coordinatively unsaturated organometallic fragment cyclopentadienyl manganese(I) dicarbonyl (CpMn(CO)2). Under UV irradiation, a labile carbonyl ligand dissociates from the tricarbonyl complex, creating an open coordination site for bonding between the Mn atom and the electron-rich sulfur atoms on the surface of the NbS2nanosheets. In contrast, no reaction is observed with 2H-MoS2nanosheets under the same reaction conditions. This difference in reactivity is consistent with the electronic structure calculations, which indicate stronger bonding of the organometallic fragment to electron-poor, metallic NbS2than to semiconducting, electron-rich MoS2. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) were used to characterize the bonding between Mn and S atoms on the surface-functionalized nanosheets.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)14824-14832
Number of pages9
JournalInorganic chemistry
Volume61
Issue number37
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 19 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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