3D-to-2D phase transformation through highly ordered 1D crystals from transition-metal oxides to dichalcogenides
Volume 47, Issue , Page 38–44
| Yeonchoo Cho, Kwang-Sik Jeong, Taejin Park, Mirine Leem, Wonsik Ahn, Hoijoon Kim, Jung-Hwa Kim, Heegu Kim, Mann-Ho Cho, Eunha Lee, Hyoungsub Kim, Sung Woo Hwang
Abstract: Although solid-state phase transformations through chemical reaction with the surrounding environment are important in the field of materials science, the atomic-level dynamics at reacting surfaces have been difficult to observe directly. Herein, we found highly ordered arrays of 1D intermediate crystals with a unique atomic configuration during the thermal sulfidation of 3D-structured MoO2 to 2D layer-structured MoS2. These arrays reveal a dimension-breaking reconstruction process (3D?→?1D?→?2D) as well as a unique electronic structure evolution. Theoretical calculations show that the 1D crystals have a cross-sectional structure of four transition-metal atoms arranged in a diamond shape; these are critical to the atomic layer-by-layer formation of 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides. Furthermore, electronic structure analyses reveal that the 1D intermediate crystals alter the MoO2/MoS2 contact structure from p- to n-type with increases in the number of formed MoS2 layers.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2021.02.009
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