Granted Patent
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US 12,442,103 · App. 17/674,964 · Granted Oct 14, 2025
Nano and quantum sized particles from atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides and related methods
Inventors:
Deep Jariwala (Philadelphia, PA); Eric Andrew Stach (Swarthmore, PA); Pawan Kumar (Philadelphia, PA)
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Abstract
Provided are novel transition metal dichalcogenides having a platelet structure and comprising a 2H phase region and/or a 3R phase region. The platelets exhibit a narrow size distribution and comparatively high surface area and edge area, which characteristics render the platelets especially suitable for catalysis applications, as well as use in electronic devices. Also provided are methods of synthesizing the disclosed transition metal dichalcogenide platelets.
Claims (15)
1. A composition, comprising:
a population of crystalline transition metal dichalcogenide platelets having the empirical formula MC 2 , wherein M is a transition metal and C is a chalcogenide,
each of the platelets comprising a region of 3R phase and a region of 2H phase,
each of the platelets being characterized as comprising a single atomic layer to a few atomic layers, and
wherein a majority of the platelets in the population have shapes that are circular, ovoid, American football-shaped, triangular, a 4-sided polygon, a 5-sided polygon, or a 6-sided polygon.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the population of crystalline transition metal dichalcogenide platelets is characterized as having an essentially monodisperse distribution of cross-sectional dimensions.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the population of platelets has an average cross-sectional dimension in the range of from about 2 nm to about 40 nm.
4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the population of platelets has an average cross-sectional dimension in the range of from about 2 nm to about 10 nm.
5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the population of platelets has an average cross-sectional dimension in the range of from about 2 nm to about 5 nm.
6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a majority of the platelets in the population are characterized as polygonal.
7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein Cis S, Se, or Te.
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein M is Ti, Cr, W, Mn, Mo, Va, Fe, Co, or Pt.
9. The composition of claim 8 , wherein M is Mo.
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein each of the platelets defines a heterojunction between a region of 2H phase and a region of 3R phase.
11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a crystalline transition metal dichalcogenide platelet is superposed on an underlying layer of transition metal dichalcogenide, and wherein the crystalline transition metal dichalcogenide platelet maintains an epitaxial relationship with the underlying layer of transition metal dichalcogenide.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: JARIWALA, DEEP; STACH, ERIC ANDREW; KUMAR, PAWAN
To: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Provisional Application
63151353
· Feb 19, 2021
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