%0 Journal Article %T The structure of niobium-doped MoSe2 and WSe2 %A Moussa Bougouma %A Boubi¨¦ Guel %A Tiriana Segato %A Jean B. Legma %A Marie-Paule Delplancke Ogletree %J Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia %D 2008 %I Chemical Society of Ethiopia %X Polycrystalline niobium-doped molybdenum and tungsten diselenides were synthesized in silica tubes sealed under secondary vacuum. They were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, electron diffraction, X-ray diffraction, chemical composition and EDX analyses. The morphology of niobium-doped molybdenum solid solutions was shown to depend strongly on the conditions of synthesis, whereas the structural characterization did not. KEY WORDS: Polycrystalline niobium-doped molybdenum and tungsten diselenide solid solutions, Doped powders diselenides, Mo1-xNbxSe2, W1-xNbxSe2, SEM, X-ray diffraction, Electron diffraction Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2008, 22(2), 225-236. %U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/bcse/article/view/61289