Heterogeneous Defect Domains in Single-Crystalline Hexagonal WS<sub>2</sub>.

Jeong, Hye Yun; Jin, Youngjo; Yun, Seok Joon; Zhao, Jiong; Baik, Jaeyoon; Keum, Dong Hoon; Lee, Hyun Seok; Lee, Young Hee · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Single-crystalline monolayer hexagonal WS<sub>2</sub> is segmented into alternating triangular domains: sulfur-vacancy (SV)-rich and tungsten-vacancy (WV)-rich domains. The WV-rich domain with deep-trap states reveals an electron-dedoping effect, and the electron mobility and photoluminescence are lower than those of the SV-rich domain with shallow-donor states by one order of magnitude. The vacancy-induced strain and doping effects are investigated via Raman and scanning photoelectron microscopy.