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Article

Synthesis of Large-Scale Single-Crystalline Monolayer WS2 Using a Semi-Sealed Method

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Institute of electronic information and engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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China Electronics Technology Group Corp 46th Research Institute, Tianjin 300220, China
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nanomaterials 2018, 8(2), 100; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8020100
Submission received: 17 December 2017 / Revised: 28 January 2018 / Accepted: 8 February 2018 / Published: 11 February 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Experimental Nanosciences, Computational Chemistry, and Data Analysis)

Abstract

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As a two-dimensional semiconductor, WS2 has attracted great attention due to its rich physical properties and potential applications. However, it is still difficult to synthesize monolayer single-crystalline WS2 at larger scale. Here, we report the growth of large-scale triangular single-crystalline WS2 with a semi-sealed installation by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Through this method, triangular single-crystalline WS2 with an average length of more than 300 µm was obtained. The largest one was about 405 μm in length. WS2 triangles with different sizes and thicknesses were analyzed by optical microscope and atomic force microscope (AFM). Their optical properties were evaluated by Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. This report paves the way to fabricating large-scale single-crystalline monolayer WS2, which is useful for the growth of high-quality WS2 and its potential applications in the future.
Keywords:
semi-sealed; CVD; WS2; Raman; AFM

1. Introduction

Two-dimensional material such as transition mental dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and black phosphorus have attracted great interest for their unique physical properties [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11], especially for TMDCs. In contrast to zero-bandgap graphene [12], TMDCs are two-dimensional semiconductor with available bandgap when in bulk [1,8]. With the reduction of the thickness, the bandgap transforms from an indirect to a direct one. Meanwhile, the bandgap can be adjusted through the sythesis of the alloy with different stoichiometry based on TMDCs. This intrinsic adjustable bandgap and flexibility allows them to be used in optoelectronic and nanoelectronic devices. There have been plentiful and inventive works focused on the synthesis methods [13,14,15], and their optical [16,17], electronic [18,19,20], and catalysis properties [21,22].
Among the TMDCs, MoS2 and WS2 are two perfect examples. Now, a great deal of research is focused on the study of MoS2. In fact, WS2 is a more promising transition mental dichalcogenides for electronics [23], because of its superior mobility and its chemical robustness [24]. However, compared to MoS2, the research of WS2 is a long way away from being enough, especially with regard to the synthesis of large-scale single-crystalline WS2 with monolayer. Mechanical exfoliation has been extensively used to obtain an atomically thin WS2 film for the research of its related properties, but the size of the film obtained by this method is too small to study the devices based on two-dimensional WS2. Most recently, CVD has been successfully used for the synthesis of MoS2 film at large scale [25,26,27,28,29]. For this reason, CVD has also been considered an efficient method for the growth of WS2. The growth process consists of the sulfidation of WO3 powders through S vapor. Although monolayer WS2 has been synthesized with a size of hundreds of microns by CVD [30,31,32], the uniformity and the repeatability is really poor. The main reasons for these results are the high melting point of WO3 powders, and the fact that the growth process is very sensitive to the sulfidation rate. In this paper, we report the synthesis of single-crystalline triangular WS2 film with large size through a semi-sealed CVD method. A semi-sealed quartz boat was used to enhance the partial pressure of WO3. With a higher partial pressure of WO3, the WS2 monolayer film with the grain size of more than 400 μm was obtained. This paves the way to the growth of monolayer WS2 and related TMDCs with large grain size.

2. Growth Process

Triangular WS2 monolayer films were grown by CVD in a horizontal furnace. High-purity Ar was the carrier gas with a flow rate of 100 sccm, 3 mg WO3 powders were placed into a small quartz boat as W source, high-purity S powders were S source, and Al2O3 was chosen as the substrate, face-down above the WO3 powders. Compared to the lower growth temperature of MoS2, the growth temperature of WS2 was as high as 1050 °C, with a pressure of 10 mbar.

3. Results and Discussion

Similar to the growth of MoS2, the synthesis of WS2 is very sensitive to the sulfidation rate; too fast or too slow are both detrimental to the growth of large-scale WS2 film. An effective way to solve this problem is to control the evaporation rate of the S source. In order to control the temperature and evaporation rate of the S source, S powders were placed into an independent stainless-steel cylinder out of the furnace with a heating belt and a thermocouple to control the temperature. The integral structure is shown in Figure 1a. Through this system, we successfully obtained triangular monolayer WS2 film; the edge length of the triangles was about 150 µm, as shown in Figure 1b.
In the course of conducting this research, we found it difficult to obtain triangles with larger size. The reason for this phenomenon is the lower vapor pressure of WO3. As we know, the melting point of WO3 is as high as 1300 °C; such a high melting point makes it difficult to enhance the partial pressure of WO3 vapor. A lower pressure of WO3 vapor will result in a shortage of the W source on the surface of the substrate. So we have to enhance the partial pressure of WO3 vapor to enlarge the size of WS2 film. The most efficient way to enhance the partial pressure of WO3 is to reduce the pressure of the furnace during the growth of WS2. A low pressure can lower the melting point of WO3 to increase the partial pressure of WO3. However, in this condition, the transport speed of the S vapor will also increase. This will increase the sulfidation rate. As we know, a high sulfidation rate is adverse for the migration and diffusion of the atoms and molecules on the surface of the substrate. This will make it difficult for the acquisition of single-crystal WS2 film with large size. So we need to find an efficient way to increase the partial pressure of WO3 and keep the transport of S vapor under a low speed.
In this paper, a semi-sealed quartz boat was used to enhance the partial pressure of WO3 vapor. The small quartz with WO3 powders and the substrate were put into a semi-sealed quartz boat, and the substrate was placed downstream of the W source to reduce the nucleation centers at the beginning of the growth to enlarge the size of the single-crystalline triangles. The distance between the W source and the substrate was 3–5 cm, as shown in Figure 2a. During growth, WO3 vapor was limited in such a semi-sealed quartz boat. The partial pressure of the WO3 vapor can be greatly enhanced relative to the pressure of the whole furnace. Meanwhile the pressure of the furnace can be kept at a higher pressure to reduce the transport speed of the S vapor. With this method, the length of the largest triangular WS2 increased to about 405 μm, as shown in Figure 2b.
Figure 3 shows the optical microscopy images of triangular WS2 films. Most of the films are monolayer, the size of the triangles enlarged to more than 300 μm on each side, and the nucleation density reduced obviously. Furthermore, from the optical images, we can see that the orientation of the triangles was not complete disorder. Many of the triangles present a slightly epitaxial growth mechanism. This maybe results from the high growth temperature of 1050 °C and an annealing process of the sapphire before sulfidation. According to the research of the Kis group [33], annealing of the sapphire is helpful for the growth of WS2 triangles with the same orientation. This results from the enhanced Van der Waals force. Additionally, the annealing of the sapphire is helpful for the reduction of nucleation density because of the clean surface of the substrate. These results provide a new method for the growth of continuous single-crystal WS2 monolayers.
During the research, we found an interesting thing, as shown in Figure 4a. On the grain boundary of two connecting triangles with great difference in torsion angles, the film is multilayer. However, the multilayer film is only concentrated on the grain boundary. This can also be seen through AFM, Figure 4b,c shows the 2D and 3D image of the film. Through the image, we can see that the film is multilayer on the grain boundary. Through the research, we find that this phenomenon can be observed only on the two connecting triangles with great difference in torsion angles. For those triangles that do not connect with each other, or that connect with each other but with a small difference in torsion angles, this growth does not appear. This maybe results from the great difference of torsion angles between two connecting triangles. With a great difference in torsion angles, a grain boundary will appear on the interface of two different triangles. The appearance of the grain boundary will result in the disorder of the growth. This disorder growth will make a mismatching stitching between two different triangles, resulting in an overlapping growth of two triangular grains with different orientations. However, we need some more tests to prove it.
Additionally, we found an interesting thing during the AFM testing. The film appears to have obviously fallen off due to the scraping by the probe during the AFM testing. After the falling off of the film, we can clearly see the outline of the film, as shown in Figure 4d. From the image, we can see that the growth of the film begins at the centre of the triangles. The growth may be a symmetrical growth along the centre and the diagonal of the triangles.
Optical properties were charactered by Raman and PL spectra. Figure 5a presents the Raman peak of the triangles with different thicknesses. With the increasing of the number of layers, the Van der Waals force suppresses atom vibration, resulting in higher force constants, so the blueshift of A1g corresponds to the predicted stiffening [34,35]. However, the E 2 g 1 peak exhibits redshifts when increasing the number of WS2 layers. This suggests that long-range Coulombic interlayer interaction or the changing of the structure based on the stacking of different layers plays a major role [4,35]. The peak frequency and the ratio of I E 2 g 1 / I A 1 g are summarized in Table 1. With the increase in the number of WS2 layers, the ratios of I E 2 g 1 / I A 1 g decreased from 4.5 to 0.8, an obvious change. This can be used as an effective way to identify the WS2 films with different thicknesses.
Figure 6a shows the PL spectra at the same position as the Raman spectra. The PL spectra display an indirect to direct bandgap from multilayer to monolayer. With the decreasing of thickness, the intensity of PL peaks increases dramatically. The PL intensity is extremely weak in multilayer, consistent with an indirect bandgap semiconductor. Meanwhile, the increase of PL intensity implies the increase of direct interband transition with the decreasing of thickness. The peak moved to shorter wavelength with the decreasing of thickness, which indicates an increase in the bandgap, and reaches its maximum at the monolayer, which is about 2.0 eV. In order to investigate the differences of the photoluminecence properties between the edge and the other areas, as well as the grain boundaries, we choose a typical position on the surface of the film to perform PL line scanning. Figure 6b shows the position of the PL line scanning. According to Figure 6c, the PL peak did not changes obviously at different areas. This result indicates a high quality with a good uniformity of the film.

4. Conclusions

In conclusion, we grew monolayer single-crystalline WS2 triangles with large size using a semi-sealed CVD method. The largest triangle was about 405 μm in length. Many of the triangles present a slightly epitaxial growth mechanism. Raman spectra show that most of the triangles are monolayer. PL spectra indicate the good uniformity and high quality of the triangles. This method can be used for the growth of large-scale single-crystalline WS2 film.

Acknowledgments

This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science of Foundation of China (Grant No. 61774054). The authors thank for Raman Characterization and Photoluminescence measurement of Electronic Material Research Institute of Tianjin, China.

Author Contributions

Feifei Lan and Ruixia Yang conceived and designed the experiments; Shengya Qian performed the experiments; Yongkuan Xu and Hongjuan Cheng analyzed the data; Song Zhang ang Ying Zhang contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools; Feifei Lan wrote the paper.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. (a) Schematic diagram of CVD growth system; (b) optical image of WS2.
Figure 1. (a) Schematic diagram of CVD growth system; (b) optical image of WS2.
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Figure 2. (a) Semi-sealed equipment schematic diagram; (b) optical microscope of 405μm monolayer WS2 film.
Figure 2. (a) Semi-sealed equipment schematic diagram; (b) optical microscope of 405μm monolayer WS2 film.
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Figure 3. Optical images of the triangles at different locations with different magnifications: (ac) are the images with a magnification of 10×; (df) are the images with a magnification of 20×.
Figure 3. Optical images of the triangles at different locations with different magnifications: (ac) are the images with a magnification of 10×; (df) are the images with a magnification of 20×.
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Figure 4. (a) optical image on the grain boundary; (b) 2D image of the grain boundary by atomic force microscope (AFM); (c) 3D image of the grain boundary by AFM; (d) outline of the film by AFM.
Figure 4. (a) optical image on the grain boundary; (b) 2D image of the grain boundary by atomic force microscope (AFM); (c) 3D image of the grain boundary by AFM; (d) outline of the film by AFM.
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Figure 5. (a) Raman spectra with different WS2 thicknesses; (b) frequency change of A1g and E 2 g 1 with different thicknesses; (c) I E 2 g 1 / I A 1 g ratio with different layers.
Figure 5. (a) Raman spectra with different WS2 thicknesses; (b) frequency change of A1g and E 2 g 1 with different thicknesses; (c) I E 2 g 1 / I A 1 g ratio with different layers.
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Figure 6. (a) Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of WS2 with different thickness; (b) optical image of WS2 and the red line is position for PL line scanning; (c) PL line scanning image.
Figure 6. (a) Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of WS2 with different thickness; (b) optical image of WS2 and the red line is position for PL line scanning; (c) PL line scanning image.
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Table 1. Summary of the peak frequency for A1g and E 2 g 1 and the intensity ratio of the two peaks as a function of thickness with the excitation wavelength 514 nm.
Table 1. Summary of the peak frequency for A1g and E 2 g 1 and the intensity ratio of the two peaks as a function of thickness with the excitation wavelength 514 nm.
λExcPhonon Modes1 Layer2 Layer3 LayerMultilayer
514 nm E 2 g 1 (cm−1)356.17354.23352.67352.75
A1g (cm−1)419.64421.03421.25422.12
I E 2 g 1 / I A 1 g 4.51.61.040.8

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