Non-epitaxial single-crystal 2D material growth by geometric confinement

Ki Seok Kim, Doyoon Lee, Celesta S. Chang, Seunghwan Seo, Yaoqiao Hu, Soonyoung Cha, Hyunseok Kim, Jiho Shin, Ju Hee Lee, Sangho Lee, Justin S. Kim, Ki Hyun Kim, Jun Min Suh, Yuan Meng, Bo In Park, Jung Hoon Lee, Hyung Sang Park, Hyun S. Kum, Moon Ho Jo, Geun Young YeomKyeongjae Cho, Jin Hong Park, Sang Hoon Bae, Jeehwan Kim

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Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) materials and their heterostructures show a promising path for next-generation electronics1–3. Nevertheless, 2D-based electronics have not been commercialized, owing mainly to three critical challenges: i) precise kinetic control of layer-by-layer 2D material growth, ii) maintaining a single domain during the growth, and iii) wafer-scale controllability of layer numbers and crystallinity. Here we introduce a deterministic, confined-growth technique that can tackle these three issues simultaneously, thus obtaining wafer-scale single-domain 2D monolayer arrays and their heterostructures on arbitrary substrates. We geometrically confine the growth of the first set of nuclei by defining a selective growth area via patterning SiO2 masks on two-inch substrates. Owing to substantial reduction of the growth duration at the micrometre-scale SiO2 trenches, we obtain wafer-scale single-domain monolayer WSe2 arrays on the arbitrary substrates by filling the trenches via short growth of the first set of nuclei, before the second set of nuclei is introduced, thus without requiring epitaxial seeding. Further growth of transition metal dichalcogenides with the same principle yields the formation of single-domain MoS2/WSe2 heterostructures. Our achievement will lay a strong foundation for 2D materials to fit into industrial settings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)88-94
Number of pages7
JournalNature
Volume614
Issue number7946
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2 2023
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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