Novel low temperature synthesis of titanium sulfide

Abstract

Amorphous titanium sulfides were synthesized by the direct reaction between dry organic sulfurizing agents and TiCl 4. A detailed discussion is given about the reactivity of TiCl 4 with each sulfurizing agent. All of the usual crystalline titanium sulfides phases (Ti 3S 4, TiS 2, TiS 3) were also synthesized by simply heating the obtained amorphous powder or by heating this powder in the presence of sulfur. These reactions occurred very rapidly and allowed for the simple synthesis of all the crystalline phases.