New molecular compounds of the layer lattice type. III. The intercalation of metal sulphides and oxides in graphite

Abstract

It has been shown that a number of sulphides and oxides of multivalent metals can be intercalated in graphite. The results of this investigation support the conclusion, reached in Part II of this series (Croft 1956a), that the electronic configuration of the cation of a compound determines the possibility of its intercalation, and that the nature of the anion has little significance. As in the case of chlorides reported in Part I of this series (Croft 1956b), the cations of intercalated sulphides and oxides are in higher valence states.