K. Dartigeas et al., SYSTEMATIC X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY AND THEORETICAL-STUDIES OF DISULFIDES OF GROUPS IVB, VB AND VIB TRANSITION-METALS, Journal of electron spectroscopy and related phenomena, 83(1), 1997, pp. 45-58
The results of a systematic study of a series of dichalcogenides MS(2)
(M = Ti, Zr, Ta, Mo, W) by X-ray photoelectron; spectroscopy (XPS) ar
e reported. Variations in the S 2p binding energies and the valence ba
nd spectra are analysed. Through theoretical and experimental comparis
ons attempts are made to rationalize the observed variations in terms
of qualitative and quantitative arguments (''real'' atomic charges on
sulfur atoms, specific electronic interactions).