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Liu Z, Tee SY, Guan G, Han MY. Atomically Substitutional Engineering of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Layers for Enhancing Tailored Properties and Superior Applications. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2024; 16:95. [PMID: 38261169 PMCID: PMC10805767 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01315-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a promising class of layered materials in the post-graphene era, with extensive research attention due to their diverse alternative elements and fascinating semiconductor behavior. Binary MX2 layers with different metal and/or chalcogen elements have similar structural parameters but varied optoelectronic properties, providing opportunities for atomically substitutional engineering via partial alteration of metal or/and chalcogenide atoms to produce ternary or quaternary TMDs. The resulting multinary TMD layers still maintain structural integrity and homogeneity while achieving tunable (opto)electronic properties across a full range of composition with arbitrary ratios of introduced metal or chalcogen to original counterparts (0-100%). Atomic substitution in TMD layers offers new adjustable degrees of freedom for tailoring crystal phase, band alignment/structure, carrier density, and surface reactive activity, enabling novel and promising applications. This review comprehensively elaborates on atomically substitutional engineering in TMD layers, including theoretical foundations, synthetic strategies, tailored properties, and superior applications. The emerging type of ternary TMDs, Janus TMDs, is presented specifically to highlight their typical compounds, fabrication methods, and potential applications. Finally, opportunities and challenges for further development of multinary TMDs are envisioned to expedite the evolution of this pivotal field.
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- Zhaosu Liu
- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore, 138634, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China.
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Zhu L, Tang J, Li B, Hou T, Zhu Y, Zhou J, Wang Z, Zhu X, Yao Z, Cui X, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Li Y, Han ZV, Zhou W, Huang Y, Liu Z, Hone JC, Hao Y. Artificial Neuron Networks Enabled Identification and Characterizations of 2D Materials and van der Waals Heterostructures. ACS NANO 2022; 16:2721-2729. [PMID: 35040630 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials and their in-plane and out-of-plane (i.e., van der Waals, vdW) heterostructures are promising building blocks for next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices. Since the performance of the devices is strongly dependent on the crystalline quality of the materials and the interface characteristics of the heterostructures, a fast and nondestructive method for distinguishing and characterizing various 2D building blocks is desirable to promote the device integrations. In this work, based on the color space information on 2D materials' optical microscopy images, an artificial neural network-based deep learning algorithm is developed and applied to identify eight kinds of 2D materials with accuracy well above 90% and a mean value of 96%. More importantly, this data-driven method enables two interesting functionalities: (1) resolving the interface distribution of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown in-plane and vdW heterostructures and (2) identifying defect concentrations of CVD-grown 2D semiconductors. The two functionalities can be utilized to quickly identify sample quality and optimize synthesis parameters in the future. Our work improves the characterization efficiency of atomically thin materials and is therefore valuable for their research and applications.
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- Li Zhu
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing Key Lab of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems and School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
- School of Material Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230026, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- AutoX Technologies, Inc., San Jose, California 95131, United States
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- Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Centre for Programmed Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Yao J, Yang G. 2D Layered Material Alloys: Synthesis and Application in Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2103036. [PMID: 34719873 PMCID: PMC8728821 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202103036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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2D layered materials (2DLMs) have come under the limelight of scientific and engineering research and broke new ground across a broad range of disciplines in the past decade. Nevertheless, the members of stoichiometric 2DLMs are relatively limited. This renders them incompetent to fulfill the multitudinous scenarios across the breadth of electronic and optoelectronic applications since the characteristics exhibited by a specific material are relatively monotonous and limited. Inspiringly, alloying of 2DLMs can markedly broaden the 2D family through composition modulation and it has ushered a whole new research domain: 2DLM alloy nano-electronics and nano-optoelectronics. This review begins with a comprehensive survey on synthetic technologies for the production of 2DLM alloys, which include chemical vapor transport, chemical vapor deposition, pulsed-laser deposition, and molecular beam epitaxy, spanning their development, as well as, advantages and disadvantages. Then, the up-to-date advances of 2DLM alloys in electronic devices are summarized. Subsequently, the up-to-date advances of 2DLM alloys in optoelectronic devices are summarized. In the end, the ongoing challenges of this emerging field are highlighted and the future opportunities are envisioned, which aim to navigate the coming exploration and fully exert the pivotal role of 2DLMs toward the next generation of electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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- Jiandong Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, P. R. China
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Yu H, Yan H, Li H, Li Z, Bai Y, Zhu H, Yin S. Spatially Graded Millimeter Sized Mo 1-xW xS 2 Monolayer Alloys: Synthesis and Memory Effect. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:44693-44702. [PMID: 34494432 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The band gap engineering of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichacogenides (TMDs) could significantly broaden their applications, especially in electronics and optoelectronics. Alloying is a more effective approach to synthesize 2D ternary TMD materials with tunable bandgaps by regulating the compositions. Whether the alloying could induce memory effects is of interest as a scientific problem and worthy to be studied. A thermal evaporation-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method was proposed to grow millimeter size gradient alloyed monolayer Mo1-xWxS2. This method reveals a promising and universal methodology for the development of gradient alloyed TMDs because of the precise controlling of each precursor. The synthesized Mo1-xWxS2 monolayer crystal has a gradient composition with x ranging from 0.1 to 1. The W and Mo atoms homogeneously alloyed with random distribution in the Mo1-xWxS2 monolayer. As reported, the deep energy levels induced by sulfur vacancies can be effectively suppressed to shallow energy levels by alloying TMDs. The series distribution of the shallow energy levels in the band of the graded alloy semiconductor can act as multiple charge trapping states, which leads to obvious memory effects in the device. These results present a new opportunity for memory devices and related applications.
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- Hao Yu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductors and Applications, Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Semiconductors and Efficient Devices, Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
- Jiujiang Research Institute of Xiamen University, Jiujiang 332000, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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