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  • Embedment of Multiple Trans...
    Siao, Ming‐Deng; Lin, Yung‐Chang; He, Tao; Tsai, Meng‐Yu; Lee, Kuei‐Yi; Chang, Shou‐Yi; Lin, Kuang‐I; Lin, Yen‐Fu; Chou, Mei‐Yin; Suenaga, Kazu; Chiu, Po‐Wen

    Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 04/2021, Letnik: 17, Številka: 17
    Journal Article

    Band structure by design in 2D layered semiconductors is highly desirable, with the goal to acquire the electronic properties of interest through the engineering of chemical composition, structure, defect, stacking, or doping. For atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides, substitutional doping with more than one single type of transition metals is the task for which no feasible approach is proposed. Here, the growth of WS2 monolayer is shown codoped with multiple kinds of transition metal impurities via chemical vapor deposition controlled in a diffusion‐limited mode. Multielement embedment of Cr, Fe, Nb, and Mo into the host lattice is exemplified. Abundant impurity states thus generate in the bandgap of the resultant WS2 and provide a robust switch of charging/discharging states upon sweep of an electric filed. A profound memory window exists in the transfer curves of doped WS2 field‐effect transistors, forming the basis of binary states for robust nonvolatile memory. The doping technique presented in this work brings one step closer to the rational design of 2D semiconductors with desired electronic properties. Multielement codoped monolayer WS2 is synthesized using chemical vapor deposition. No dopant clustering and phase segregation occur and WS2 retains n‐type semiconducting properties. Substantial and stable impurities states are introduced near the conduction band minimum. Through the charging/discharging of the impurity states, the doped WS2 functions as a nonvolatile memory with long charge‐retention time.