Very Large-Sized Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Monolayers from Fast Exfoliation by Manual Shaking

For two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) materials, achieving large size with high quality to provide a basis for the next generation of electronic device geometries has been a long-term need. Here, we demonstrate that, by only manual shaking within several seconds, very large-sized TMD monolayers that cover a wide range of group IVB-VIB transition metal sulfides and selenides can be efficiently harvested from intercalated single-crystal counterparts. Taking TaS2 as examples, monolayers up to unprecedented size (>100 μm) are obtained while maintaining high crystalline quality and the phase structure of the starting materials. Furthermore, benefiting from the gentle manual shaking, we unraveled the atomic-level correlation between the intercalated lattice-strain effects and exfoliated nanosheets, and that strong tensile strain usually led to very large sizes. This work helps to deepen the understanding of exfoliation mechanism and provides a powerful tool for producing large-sized and high-quality TMD nanosheets appealing for further applications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:139

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 139(2017), 26 vom: 05. Juli, Seite 9019-9025

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peng, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jiajing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaoting [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yuqiao [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Junchi [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zejun [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xiaojun [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Changzheng [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Yi [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.05.2018

Date Revised 15.05.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.7b04332

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NLM272834009