Epitaxy of wafer-scale single-crystal MoS 2 monolayer via buffer layer control.
Lu LiQinqin WangFanfan WuQiaoling XuJinpeng TianZhiheng HuangQinghe WangXuan ZhaoQinghua ZhangQinkai FanXiuzhen LiYalin PengYangkun ZhangKunshan JiAomiao ZhiHuacong SunMingtong ZhuJundong ZhuNian Peng LuYing LuShuopei WangXuedong BaiYang XuWei YangNa LiDongxia ShiLede XianKai-Hui LiuLuojun DuGuangyu ZhangPublished in: Nature communications (2024)
Monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ), an emergent two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor, holds great promise for transcending the fundamental limits of silicon electronics and continue the downscaling of field-effect transistors. To realize its full potential and high-end applications, controlled synthesis of wafer-scale monolayer MoS 2 single crystals on general commercial substrates is highly desired yet challenging. Here, we demonstrate the successful epitaxial growth of 2-inch single-crystal MoS 2 monolayers on industry-compatible substrates of c-plane sapphire by engineering the formation of a specific interfacial reconstructed layer through the S/MoO 3 precursor ratio control. The unidirectional alignment and seamless stitching of MoS 2 domains across the entire wafer are demonstrated through cross-dimensional characterizations ranging from atomic- to centimeter-scale. The epitaxial monolayer MoS 2 single crystal shows good wafer-scale uniformity and state-of-the-art quality, as evidenced from the ~100% phonon circular dichroism, exciton valley polarization of ~70%, room-temperature mobility of ~140 cm 2 v -1 s -1 , and on/off ratio of ~10 9 . Our work provides a simple strategy to produce wafer-scale single-crystal 2D semiconductors on commercial insulator substrates, paving the way towards the further extension of Moore's law and industrial applications of 2D electronic circuits.