Table 2 Lattice parameters obtained by Rietveld refinement from x-ray powder diffraction for cobalt promoted MoS2 .

From: Electron tomography and fractal aspects of MoS2 and MoS2/Co spheres

Material

Molybdenite crystallite size (nm)

Density (g cm−3)

Atomic fractional coordinates of S (2)

O S (2)

x

y

z

MoS2

2 (0.4)

4.989

0.0000

0.0000

0.7500

0.16667

MoS2/Co

8 (0.8)

5.096

0.0000

0.0000

0.8465

0.18400

  1. The number in parenthesis corresponds to the standard deviation.
  2. O S (2): S (2) occupancy (see Table 1).