Abstract
We report the synthesis of centimeter-scale monolayer WS2 on gold foil by chemical vapor deposition. The limited tungsten and sulfur solubility in gold foil allows monolayer WS2 film growth on gold surface. To ensure the coverage uniformity of monolayer WS2 film, the tungsten source-coated substrate was placed in parallel with Au foil under hydrogen sulfide atmosphere. The high growth temperature near 935 °C helps to increase a domain size up to 420 μm. Gold foil is reused for the repeatable growth after bubbling transfer. The WS2-based field effect transistor reveals an electron mobility of 20 cm2 V-1 s-1 with high on-off ratio of ∼108 at room temperature, which is the highest reported value from previous reports of CVD-grown WS2 samples. The on-off ratio of integrated multiple FETs on the large area WS2 film on SiO2 (300 nm)/Si substrate shows within the same order, implying reasonable uniformity of WS2 FET device characteristics over a large area of 3 × 1.5 cm2.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5510-5519 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | ACS Nano |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 26 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 American Chemical Society.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Materials Science
- General Engineering
- General Physics and Astronomy
Keywords
- bubbling transfer
- chemical vapor deposition
- field effect transistor
- gold
- transition metal dichalcogenides
- tungsten disulfide