Lai, Z., He, Q., Tran, T.H. et al. Metastable 1T′-phase group VIB transition metal dichalcogenide crystals. Nat. Mater. 20, 1113–1120 (2021)
Abstract:
Metastable 1T′-phase transition metal dichalcogenides (1T′-TMDs) with semi-metallic natures have attracted increasing interest owing to their uniquely distorted structures and fascinating phase-dependent physicochemical properties. However, the synthesis of high-quality metastable 1T′-TMD crystals, especially for the group VIB TMDs, remains a challenge. Here, we report a general synthetic method for the large-scale preparation of metastable 1T′-phase group VIB TMDs, including WS2, WSe2, MoS2, MoSe2, WS2xSe2(1−x) and MoS2xSe2(1−x). We solve the crystal structures of 1T′-WS2, -WSe2, -MoS2 and -MoSe2 with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The as-prepared 1T′-WS2 exhibits thickness-dependent intrinsic superconductivity, showing critical transition temperatures of 8.6 K for the thickness of 90.1 nm and 5.7 K for the single layer, which we attribute to the high intrinsic carrier concentration and the semi-metallic nature of 1T′-WS2. This synthesis method will allow a more systematic investigation of the intrinsic properties of metastable TMDs.
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This research / project is supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research - Accelerated Materials Development for Manufacturing Program
Grant Reference no. : A1898b0043
This research / project is supported by the Ministry of Education - Academic Research Fund Tier 2
Grant Reference no. : MOE-T2EP50120-006
This research / project is supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office - Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) programme
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ITC via the Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), the Start-Up Grant (project no. 9380100) and grants (project nos. 9610478 and 1886921) from the City University of Hong Kong and the Science Technology and Innovation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality (grant no. JCYJ20200109143412311). Q.H. Funding support from the Start-Up Grant (project no. 9610482) from the City University of Hong Kong. Funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (under grant no. 11534003) and the Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team and Science Challenge Project (no. TZ2016001).
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