Ternary molybdenum cluster sulfides: electrochemical and chemical behavior of in situ pulsed laser deposited thin films

The electrochemical deinsertions and insertions in recently synthesised PLD molybdenum cluster sulfide films are presented. We prove that Cu_xMo₆S₈ can be electrochemically converted to Mo₆S₈. The copper, cadmium, zinc and lead intercalation performed by electrochemistry on deintercalated films has succeeded. During this study, we also report that the use of a chemical process allows the formation of PbMo₆S₈ and SnMo₆S₈ thin films, that means that the intercalation of large cations is effective like the one of small cations.