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Intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted substantial interest due to their exciting electronic properties. Here, we report a unique approach where copper (Cu) atoms from bulk Cu solid intercalate spontaneously into van der Waals (vdW) gaps of group IV and V layered TMDs at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. This distinctive phenomenon is used to develop a strategy to synthesize Cu species-intercalated layered TMD compounds. A series of Cu-intercalated 2H-NbS compounds were obtained with homogeneous distribution of Cu intercalates in the form of monovalent Cu (I), occupying the tetrahedral sites coordinated by S atoms within the interlayer space of NbS. The Fermi level of NbS shifts up because of the intercalation of Cu, resulting in the improvement of electrical conductivity in the -direction. On the other hand, intercalation of Cu into vdW gaps of NbS systematically suppresses the superconducting transition temperature ( ) and superconducting volume fraction.

Spontaneous self-intercalation of copper atoms into transition metal dichalcogenides