Fig. 4

Chemical nature of the intercalation compound at each stage. a XPS spectra of Mg 2s, Cl 2p, and N 1s for stages 0 to 5. b EDS spectra for stages 1 to 4. c EELS spectra at stages 3 and 4. d Mg K-edge NEXAFS spectra of Mg metal, MgCl2 powder, [Mg2Cl2·4THF]2+ (Nakayama et al.50), [Mg2Cl3·6THF]+ (Benmayza et al.51), and magnesiated exTiS2 at stage 3. e Experimental S K-edge NEXAFS spectra for TiS2 (black), (MgCl)0.5exTiS2 (blue, dashed), and (MgCl)1.0exTiS2 (red)