Li adsorption on monolayer and bilayer MoS2 as an ideal substrate for hydrogen storage*

Project supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB932304), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21763007), the Innovation Team Foundation of the Education Department of Guizhou Province, China (Grant No. [2014]35), and the Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Condensed Matter Physics of Higher Educational Institution of Guizhou Province, China (Grant No. [2016]002).

Zhang Cheng1, 2, Tang Shaolong2, †, Deng Mingsen3, ‡, Du Youwei2
       

(color online) The isosurface (2.0 × 10−3e in Å−3) of deformation electronic density of Li adsorbed (a) monolayer MoS2 and (b) bilayer MoS2; (c) potential diagrams of pure monolayer MoS2, Li adsorbed on one side and both sides of monolayer MoS2, pure bilayer MoS2, Li adsorbed on one side and both sides of bilayer MoS2; (d) the partial density of states of Θ = 0.25 Li coverage on one side of monolayer MoS2, one H2 molecule adsorbed on one side of Θ = 0.25 Li coverage MoS2, and three H2 molecules adsorbed on one side of Θ = 0.25 Li coverage MoS2, zero energy is set to the Fermi level.