A Novel Carbon-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Large-Area Uniform Monolayer MoS2 and WS2
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Conventional CVD Method for MoS2 and WS2 Synthesis
2.2. Carbon Cloth-Assisted CVD Method for Monolayer MoS2 and WS2 Synthesis
2.3. Carbon Powder-Assisted CVD Method for Monolayer MoS2 Synthesis
2.4. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Thick MoS2 Films and Monolayer MoS2 Synthesized Using the Conventional CVD Method
3.2. Monolayer MoS2 Synthesized Using Carbon Cloth-Assisted CVD Method
3.3. Monolayer MoS2 Synthesized Using the Carbon Powder-Assisted CVD Method
3.4. Growth Mechanism of Monolayer MoS2 in the Carbon-Assisted CVD Growth
3.5. Application to Other TMDCs
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Bae, J.; Yoo, Y. A Novel Carbon-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Large-Area Uniform Monolayer MoS2 and WS2. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2423. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11092423
Bae J, Yoo Y. A Novel Carbon-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Large-Area Uniform Monolayer MoS2 and WS2. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(9):2423. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11092423
Chicago/Turabian StyleBae, Jeonghwan, and Youngdong Yoo. 2021. "A Novel Carbon-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Large-Area Uniform Monolayer MoS2 and WS2" Nanomaterials 11, no. 9: 2423. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11092423