Fig. 6

Atomic structure of lithiated and delithiated MoS2. Side view of AIRSS-found a Li2.0MoS2 and b Li1.625MoS2 and the delithiated phases of c Li2.0MoS2 with \(E_{{\mathrm{cohesive}}} =\)−5.11 eV and d Li1.625MoS2 with \(E_{{\mathrm{cohesive}}} =\)−5.25 eV. Cohesive energy of the pristine MoS2 phase is found to be −5.33 eV. The purple balls represent the Mo atoms