Gallium(II) sulfide
# Gallium(II) sulfide

Gallium(II) sulfide, GaS, is a chemical compound of gallium and sulfur. The normal form of gallium(II) sulfide as made from the elements has a hexagonal layer structure containing $Ga_2^{4+}$ units which have a Ga-Ga distance of 248pm. This layer structure is similar to GaTe, GaSe and InSe. An unusual metastable form, with a distorted wurtzite structure has been reported as being produced using MOCVD. The metal organic precursors were di-tert-butyl gallium dithiocarbamates, for example $Ga^tBu_2(S_2CNMe_2)$ and this was deposited onto GaAs. The structure of the GaS produced in this way is presumably $Ga^{2+}$ $S^{2−}.$

Single layers of gallium sulfide are dynamically stable two-dimensional semiconductors, in which the valence band has an inverted Mexican-hat shape, leading to a Lifshitz transition as the hole-doping is increased.

