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NaCl-Assisted CVD Synthesis, Transfer and Persistent Photoconductivity Properties of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

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Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC), such as MoS2, WS2 have attracted attention due to their mechanical and electronic properties in their two dimensional (2D) structures. Here, we report a facile growth of monolayer TMDC using oxide source materials with the assistant of NaCl. The addition of NaCl can enhance the lateral growth and widen the growth window of TMDC. Through carefully controlling the growth parameters, large area growth of TMDC can be achieved. Two steps E-beam lithography was utilized to fabricate electrodes of TMDC. The phototransistors made from the CVD grown TMDC show strong persistent photoconductivity (PPC). It was finally shown that TMDC device capping with h-BN could have suppressed PPC effects.

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  1. School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071, China

    Yong Xie, Xiaohua Ma, Zhan Wang, Tang Nan, Ruixue Wu, Peng Zhang & Haolin Wang

  2. Key Laboratory of Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071, China

    Yong Xie, Xiaohua Ma, Peng Zhang, Haolin Wang & Yue Hao

  3. Institute of Photonics and Photon Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710069, China

    Yongjie Zhan

  4. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Yong Xie

  5. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, 91058, Germany

    Yabin Wang

  6. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Yong Xie

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Xie, Y., Ma, X., Wang, Z. et al. NaCl-Assisted CVD Synthesis, Transfer and Persistent Photoconductivity Properties of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. MRS Advances 3, 365–371 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2018.156

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