Fig. 1: Phase diagram of electron-doped MoS₂ with various dynamically stable phases.

In the upper row, we show the three distinct phases appearing in the phase diagram together with their primitive cells. For visualization, the atomic structures are shown with exaggerated atomic displacements (ten times) and on top of a hexagonal mesh. Each of the phases from the first row is stable in some doping range, as color-coded in the phase diagram. For the gray shaded area, our TBA model predicts the stabilization of polaronic distortions and partial CDWs. The corresponding Brillouin zones are displayed in the second row with the same color code from the phase diagram.