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Lateral growth of MoS2 2D material semiconductors over an insulator via electrodeposition

Lateral growth of MoS2 2D material semiconductors over an insulator via electrodeposition
Lateral growth of MoS2 2D material semiconductors over an insulator via electrodeposition

Developing novel techniques for depositing transition metal dichalcogenides is crucial for the industrial adoption of 2D materials in optoelectronics. In this work, the lateral growth of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) over an insulating surface is demonstrated using electrochemical deposition. By fabricating a new type of microelectrodes, MoS2 2D films grown from TiN electrodes across opposite sides are connected over an insulating substrate, hence, forming a lateral device structure through only one lithography and deposition step. Using a variety of characterization techniques, the growth rate of MoS2 is shown to be highly anisotropic with lateral to vertical growth ratios exceeding 20-fold. Electronic and photo-response measurements on the device structures demonstrate that the electrodeposited MoS2 layers behave like semiconductors, confirming their potential for photodetection applications. This lateral growth technique paves the way toward room temperature, scalable, and site-selective production of various transition metal dichalcogenides and their lateral heterostructures for 2D materials-based fabricated devices.

2D-materials, MoS, electrodeposition, photodetectors, transition metal dichalcogenides
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Noori, Yasir
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Hector, Andrew L.
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Noori, Yasir, Abdelazim, Nema, Thomas, Shibin, Greenacre, Victoria, Han, Yisong, Smith, Danielle E., Piana, Giacomo M, Zhelev, Nikolay, Hector, Andrew L., Beanland, Richard, Reid, Gillian, Bartlett, Philip N. and De Groot, Kees (2021) Lateral growth of MoS2 2D material semiconductors over an insulator via electrodeposition. Advanced Electronic Materials, 7 (9), 1-8, [2100419]. (doi:10.1002/aelm.202100419).

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Abstract

Developing novel techniques for depositing transition metal dichalcogenides is crucial for the industrial adoption of 2D materials in optoelectronics. In this work, the lateral growth of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) over an insulating surface is demonstrated using electrochemical deposition. By fabricating a new type of microelectrodes, MoS2 2D films grown from TiN electrodes across opposite sides are connected over an insulating substrate, hence, forming a lateral device structure through only one lithography and deposition step. Using a variety of characterization techniques, the growth rate of MoS2 is shown to be highly anisotropic with lateral to vertical growth ratios exceeding 20-fold. Electronic and photo-response measurements on the device structures demonstrate that the electrodeposited MoS2 layers behave like semiconductors, confirming their potential for photodetection applications. This lateral growth technique paves the way toward room temperature, scalable, and site-selective production of various transition metal dichalcogenides and their lateral heterostructures for 2D materials-based fabricated devices.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 30 June 2021
Published date: 30 June 2021
Additional Information: Funding Information: N.M.A., Y.J.N., and S.T. contributed equally to this work. The research work reported in this article was financially supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through the research grant EP/P025137/1 (2D layered transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors via non‐aqueous electrodeposition) and the programme grant EP/N035437/1 (ADEPT – Advanced Devices by ElectroPlaTing).
Keywords: 2D-materials, MoS, electrodeposition, photodetectors, transition metal dichalcogenides

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Local EPrints ID: 450145
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/450145
PURE UUID: 43ac03f0-b4e7-426a-9fa5-1ab92ae3dee9
ORCID for Yasir Noori: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-8779
ORCID for Shibin Thomas: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7735-788X
ORCID for Victoria Greenacre: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-9616
ORCID for Danielle E. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2446-1763
ORCID for Andrew L. Hector: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-2163
ORCID for Gillian Reid: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5349-3468
ORCID for Philip N. Bartlett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-6900
ORCID for Kees De Groot: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3850-7101

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Date deposited: 13 Jul 2021 16:32
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:03

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Author: Yasir Noori ORCID iD
Author: Nema Abdelazim
Author: Shibin Thomas ORCID iD
Author: Victoria Greenacre ORCID iD
Author: Yisong Han
Author: Danielle E. Smith ORCID iD
Author: Giacomo M Piana
Author: Nikolay Zhelev
Author: Richard Beanland
Author: Gillian Reid ORCID iD
Author: Kees De Groot ORCID iD

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