KINETICS OF METALLOCENE INTERCALATION INTO LAYERED METAL DICHALCOGENIDE HOSTS

Communication: Intercalation into lamellar host lattices is in general poorly understood with regard to mechanistic details. A study is repo rted here that utilizes energy dispersive X-ray diffraction al a synch rotron source to determine the rats of intercalation of cobaltocene in to a range of lamellar metal dichalcogenide lattices. The results are suggested to have general implications for how metallocene intercalati on into metal dichalcogenides should be performed in order tit maximiz e the rate of reaction.