Defect engineering of two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides: applications, challenges, and opportunities

Q Liang, Q Zhang, X Zhao, M Liu, ATS Wee - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Atomic defects, being the most prevalent zero-dimensional topological defects, are
ubiquitous in a wide range of 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). They could be …

Chemical vapor deposition growth and applications of two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures

Z Cai, B Liu, X Zou, HM Cheng - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted increasing research interest because of the
abundant choice of materials with diverse and tunable electronic, optical, and chemical …

Room-temperature photoluminescence mediated by sulfur vacancies in 2D molybdenum disulfide

Y Zhu, J Lim, Z Zhang, Y Wang, S Sarkar, H Ramsden… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Atomic defects in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) such as chalcogen
vacancies significantly affect their properties. In this work, we provide a reproducible and …

Defect and strain engineering of monolayer WSe2 enables site-controlled single-photon emission up to 150 K

K Parto, SI Azzam, K Banerjee, G Moody - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, quantum-dot-like single-photon emitters in atomically thin van der Waals
materials have become a promising platform for future on-chip scalable quantum light …

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: interface and defect engineering

Z Hu, Z Wu, C Han, J He, Z Ni, W Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have been considered as
promising candidates for next generation nanoelectronics. Because of their atomically-thin …

Noble metal‐free nanocatalysts with vacancies for electrochemical water splitting

MQ Yang, J Wang, H Wu, GW Ho - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The fast development of nanoscience and nanotechnology has significantly advanced the
fabrication of nanocatalysts and the in‐depth study of the structural‐activity characteristics of …

Healing of donor defect states in monolayer molybdenum disulfide using oxygen-incorporated chemical vapour deposition

PC Shen, Y Lin, C Su, C McGahan, AY Lu, X Ji… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a semiconductor that could be used to
build scaled transistors and other advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices. However …

Charge transport and mobility engineering in two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenide semiconductors

SL Li, K Tsukagoshi, E Orgiu, P Samorì - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals semiconductors represent the thinnest, air stable
semiconducting materials known. Their unique optical, electronic and mechanical properties …

Plasma processing and treatment of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: tuning properties and defect engineering

S Sovizi, S Angizi, SA Ahmad Alem, R Goodarzi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer fascinating opportunities for
fundamental nanoscale science and various technological applications. They are a …

Identifying substitutional oxygen as a prolific point defect in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides

S Barja, S Refaely-Abramson, B Schuler, DY Qiu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chalcogen vacancies are generally considered to be the most common point defects in
transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors because of their low formation …