TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of transition metal dichalcogenides and their heterostructures
AU - Cai, Yuhang
AU - Xu, Kai
AU - Zhu, Wenjuan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under Grant NAVY N00014-17-1-2973.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - As compared to the heterostructures based on bulk materials, the heterostructures based on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have the advantages of atomically sharp hetero-interface and freedom from lattice-match restriction, which make them promising for nanoscale electronic and photonic devices. In this paper, we systematically investigate the synthesis of TMDC heterostructures using two-step processes via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). We found that if a MoS2 growth at 730 °C is followed by a WSe2 growth at 875 °C, the selenium atoms in the precursor will replace the sulfur atoms in MoS2 during the second step and form MoSe2/WSe2 lateral heterostructures. On the other hand, if WSe2 growth is followed by MoS2 growth, WSe2/MoS2 lateral heterostructures were formed and no ion-exchange was observed. This result indicates that in the two-step processes, low-temperature growth followed by high-temperature growth may result in ion-exchange in the first material, while high-temperature growth followed by low-temperature growth results in epitaxy growth along the edge without ion-exchange. In addition, we have investigated the synthesis of MoS2 and WSe2 on sapphire substrates. In contrast to MoS2 grown on SiO2/Si substrates where the domains are randomly oriented, the domain edges of MoS2 grown on sapphire substrates are mostly aligned to the primary directions, which can significantly reduce the amount of grain boundaries when the domains are merged together to form continuous films. This finding will be critical to enable the fabrication of large-scale electronic devices with high-performance and uniform distributions across the wafers based on these materials.
AB - As compared to the heterostructures based on bulk materials, the heterostructures based on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have the advantages of atomically sharp hetero-interface and freedom from lattice-match restriction, which make them promising for nanoscale electronic and photonic devices. In this paper, we systematically investigate the synthesis of TMDC heterostructures using two-step processes via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). We found that if a MoS2 growth at 730 °C is followed by a WSe2 growth at 875 °C, the selenium atoms in the precursor will replace the sulfur atoms in MoS2 during the second step and form MoSe2/WSe2 lateral heterostructures. On the other hand, if WSe2 growth is followed by MoS2 growth, WSe2/MoS2 lateral heterostructures were formed and no ion-exchange was observed. This result indicates that in the two-step processes, low-temperature growth followed by high-temperature growth may result in ion-exchange in the first material, while high-temperature growth followed by low-temperature growth results in epitaxy growth along the edge without ion-exchange. In addition, we have investigated the synthesis of MoS2 and WSe2 on sapphire substrates. In contrast to MoS2 grown on SiO2/Si substrates where the domains are randomly oriented, the domain edges of MoS2 grown on sapphire substrates are mostly aligned to the primary directions, which can significantly reduce the amount of grain boundaries when the domains are merged together to form continuous films. This finding will be critical to enable the fabrication of large-scale electronic devices with high-performance and uniform distributions across the wafers based on these materials.
KW - MoS
KW - WSe
KW - lateral heterostructure
KW - sapphire substrate
KW - transition metal dichalcogenide
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U2 - 10.1088/2053-1591/aad950
DO - 10.1088/2053-1591/aad950
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052289022
VL - 5
JO - Materials Research Express
JF - Materials Research Express
SN - 2053-1591
IS - 9
M1 - 095904
ER -