Table 1 Energy of formation from elements of 1T and 1T′ polytypes for binary TMDs.

From: An open database of computed bulk ternary transition metal dichalcogenides

 

Energies in eV/atom

Eform (1T)

Eform (1T′)

ΔEform (1T→1T′)

Group 4

TiS2

−6.798

−6.791

0.006

TiSe2

−6.268

−6.259

0.009

TiTe2

−5.646

−5.632

0.014

HfS2

−7.855

−7.851

0.003

HfSe2

−7.244

−7.240

0.004

HfTe2

−6.533

−6.521

0.012

Group 5

VS2

−6.779

−6.777

0.002

VSe2

−6.237

−6.205

0.032

VTe2

−5.676

−5.706

0.030

NbS2

−7.358

−7.354

0.004

NbSe2

−6.815

−6.812

0.003

NbTe2

−6.211

−6.229

0.017

TaS2

−7.971

−7.970

0.001

TaSe2

−7.354

−7.353

0.001

TaTe2

−6.698

−6.736

0.038

Group 6

MoS2

−7.246

−7.333

0.087

MoSe2

−6.721

−6.834

0.113

MoTe2

−6.165

−6.317

0.151

WS2

−7.854

−7.965

0.111

WSe2

−7.288

−7.441

0.153

WTe2

−6.650

−6.859

0.209

  1. The rightmost column is given by ΔEform(1T→1T′) = Eform(1T′)−Eform(1T); text in this column is bolded for binary TMDs with better 1T′ stability.