| Title | Growth mechanism and atomic structure of group-IIA compound-promoted CVD-synthesized monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides |
| Authors | Li, Shouheng Wang, Shanshan Xu, Tao Zhang, Hui Tang, Yuxiang Liu, Song Jiang, Tian Zhou, Shen Cheng, Haifeng |
| Affiliation | Natl Univ Def Technol, Coll Aerosp Sci & Engn, Sci & Technol Adv Ceram Fibers & Composites, Changsha 410073, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Coll Chem & Mol Engn, Beijing Natl Lab Mol Sci, Ctr Nanochem,Beijing Sci & Engn Ctr Nanocarbons, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China Natl Univ Def Technol, Coll Adv Interdisciplinary Studies, Changsha 410073, Peoples R China Hunan Univ, Coll Chem & Chem Engn, State Key Lab Chemo Biosensing & Chemometr, Inst Chem Biol & Nanomed ICBN, Changsha 410082, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION GRAIN-BOUNDARIES OPTICAL BASICITY MOS2 HETEROSTRUCTURES PRECURSOR SCALE |
| Issue Date | Jun-2021 |
| Publisher | NANOSCALE |
| Abstract | Developing promoters that can boost the growth quality, efficiency, and robustness of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides is significant for their industrial applications. Herein a new group (group IIA) of promoters in the periodic table has been disclosed, whose chlorides (especially CaCl2 and SrCl2) exhibit a versatile promoting effect on the CVD growth of various TMD monolayers, including hexagonal MoS2, MoSe2, Re doped MoS2, and triclinic ReS2. The promoting effect of group IIA promoters relies on the appropriate dose and is strongly substrate-dependent. The performances of five typical group IA-IIA metal chlorides are ranked by quantitative investigations, displaying periodic variations closely related to the electronegativities of the metal elements. A brand-new acid-base match model is proposed, attributing the promoting mechanism to an increase of the substrate basicity due to the usage of promoters, thus leading to the sufficient adsorption of the acidic precursor. Aberration-corrected annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (ADF-STEM) was applied, unveiling anomalous grain boundaries (GBs) with a low density of coincident sites in the as-grown ReS2 and detailed atomic configurations of Re doped MoS2. This work expands the promoter library and gives an insight into GB engineering for the CVD growth of 2D TMDs. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/619220 |
| ISSN | 2040-3364 |
| DOI | 10.1039/d1nr03273a |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
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