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Carbon doping of WS2 monolayers: Bandgap reduction and p-type doping transport.


ABSTRACT: Chemical doping constitutes an effective route to alter the electronic, chemical, and optical properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs). We used a plasma-assisted method to introduce carbon-hydrogen (CH) units into WS2 monolayers. We found CH-groups to be the most stable dopant to introduce carbon into WS2, which led to a reduction of the optical bandgap from 1.98 to 1.83 eV, as revealed by photoluminescence spectroscopy. Aberration corrected high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (AC-HRSTEM) observations in conjunction with first-principle calculations confirm that CH-groups incorporate into S vacancies within WS2. According to our electronic transport measurements, undoped WS2 exhibits a unipolar n-type conduction. Nevertheless, the CH-WS2 monolayers show the emergence of a p-branch and gradually become entirely p-type, as the carbon doping level increases. Therefore, CH-groups embedded into the WS2 lattice tailor its electronic and optical characteristics. This route could be used to dope other 2D-TMDs for more efficient electronic devices.

SUBMITTER: Zhang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6534391 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Carbon doping of WS<sub>2</sub> monolayers: Bandgap reduction and p-type doping transport.

Zhang Fu F   Lu Yanfu Y   Schulman Daniel S DS   Zhang Tianyi T   Fujisawa Kazunori K   Lin Zhong Z   Lei Yu Y   Elias Ana Laura AL   Das Saptarshi S   Sinnott Susan B SB   Terrones Mauricio M  

Science advances 20190524 5


Chemical doping constitutes an effective route to alter the electronic, chemical, and optical properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs). We used a plasma-assisted method to introduce carbon-hydrogen (CH) units into WS<sub>2</sub> monolayers. We found CH-groups to be the most stable dopant to introduce carbon into WS<sub>2</sub>, which led to a reduction of the optical bandgap from 1.98 to 1.83 eV, as revealed by photoluminescence spectroscopy. Aberration corrected  ...[more]

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