An electrochemical route to MoS2 nanosheets for device applications

Xueqiu You; Na Liu; Cheol Jin Lee; James Jungho Pak

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2014.01.052

An electrochemical route to MoS₂ nanosheets for device applications

Xueqiu You, Na Liu, Cheol Jin Lee, James Jungho Pak

School of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

This paper presents a facile electrochemical exfoliation method to mass produce device quality MoS₂ semiconducting nanosheets. During the exfoliation process, anionic SO₄^2- and OH^- ions intercalate into a bulk MoS₂ and they form gaseous SO₂ or O₂ gas bubbles which produce a separating force for MoS₂ nanosheets exfoliation. Monolayer or few layers of MoS₂ nanosheets were obtained on a SiO₂/Si substrate. N-type field effect transistors (n-FETs) were fabricated using the exfoliated MoS₂ nanosheets and these n-FETs showed excellent device characteristics. The measured on/off current ratio was around 10³, the field-effect mobility on SiO ₂ gate dielectrics was 2 cm²/(V s).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-35
Number of pages	5
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	121
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.01.052
Publication status	Published - 2014 Apr 15

Keywords

2-D material
Electrochemical exfoliation
Field-effect transistor
Molybdenum disulfide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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