Stable Sulfuric Vapor Transport and Liquid Sulfur Growth on Transition Metal DichalcogenidesShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Crystal Growth & Design, ISSN 1528-7483, E-ISSN 1528-7505, Vol. 23, no 4, p. 2287-2294Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are an emergent class of low-dimensional materials with growing applications in the field of nanoelectronics. However, efficient methods for synthesizing large monocrystals of these systems are still lacking. Here, we describe an efficient synthetic route for a large number of TMDs that were obtained in quartz glass ampoules by sulfuric vapor transport and liquid sulfur. Unlike the sublimation technique, the metal enters the gas phase in the form of molecules, hence containing a greater amount of sulfur than the growing crystal. We have investigated the physical properties for a selection of these crystals and compared them to state-of-the-art findings reported in the literature. The acquired electronic properties features demonstrate the overall high quality of single crystals grown in this work as exemplified by CoS2, ReS2, NbS2, and TaS2. This new approach to synthesize high-quality TMD single crystals can alleviate many material quality concerns and is suitable for emerging electronic devices.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ACS Publications , 2023. Vol. 23, no 4, p. 2287-2294
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-105435DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01318ISI: 000955393900001PubMedID: 37038405Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85151269182OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-105435DiVA, id: diva2:1749970
Funder
Swedish Research Council, VR 2015-04608 VR 2016-05980 VR 2019-05304Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, 2018.0060Swedish Foundation for Strategic ResearchSwedish Energy AgencyEU, European Research Council, 854843-FASTCORReSSENCE - An eScience CollaborationStandUpSwedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC), 2018-05973
Note
Correction:
Crystal Growth & Design. Volume: 23, Issue: 6, Page: 4720-4720
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00436
WOS: 001008981700001
PubMed ID: 37304400
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85160816433
2023-04-122023-04-122023-08-02Bibliographically approved