• 文献标题:   Substantial improvements of long-term stability in encapsulation-free WS2 using highly interacting graphene substrate
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIM SY, KWAK J, KIM JH, LEE JU, JO Y, KIM SY, CHEONG H, LEE Z, KWON SY
  • 作者关键词:   transition metal dichalcogenides tmds, graphene, air stability, crystallinity, interlayer coupling, ws2/graphene heterostructure
  • 出版物名称:   2D MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2053-1583
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ulsan Natl Inst Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1088/2053-1583/4/1/011007
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Wereport the novel role of graphene substrates in obstructing the aging propagation in both the basal planes and edges of two-dimensitional sheets of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Even after 300 d in ambient air conditions, the epitaxially grown WS2/graphene samples have a clean, uniform surface without any encapsulation. Weshow that high crystallinity is an effective factor that determines the excellent air stability of WS2/graphene, and we present impressive experimental evidence of the relation between defects and the aging phenomena. Moreover, we reveal the strong interlayer charge interaction as an additional factor for the enhanced air stability as a result of charge transfer-induced doping. This work not only proposes a simple method to create highly stable TMDs by the selection of a suitable substrate but also paves the way for the realization of practical TMDs-based applications.