Controllable growth of vertical heterostructure GaTexSe1-x/Si by molecular beam epitaxy
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Article Title | Controllable growth of vertical heterostructure GaTexSe1-x/Si by molecular beam epitaxy |
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ERA Journal ID | 35029 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Liu, Shanshan (Author), Yuan, Xiang (Author), Wang, Peng (Author), Chen, Zhi Gang (Author), Tang, Lei (Author), Zhang, Enze (Author), Zhang, Cheng (Author), Liu, Yanwen (Author), Wang, Weiyi (Author), Liu, Cong (Author), Chen, Chen (Author), Zou, Jin (Author), Hu, Weida (Author) and Xiu, Faxian (Author) |
Journal Title | ACS Nano |
Journal Citation | 9 (8), pp. 8592-8598 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | American Chemical Society |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1936-0851 |
1936-086X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b03796 |
Web Address (URL) | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.5b03796 |
Abstract | Two dimensional (2D) alloys, especially transition metal dichalcogenides, have attracted intense attention owing to their band-gap tunability and potential optoelectrical applications. Here, we report the controllable synthesis of wafer-scale, few-layer GaTexSe1–x alloys (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). We achieve a layer-by-layer growth mode with uniform distribution of Ga, Te, and Se elements across 2 in. wafers. Raman spectroscopy was carried out to explore the composition-dependent vibration frequency of phonons, which matches well with the modified random-element-isodisplacement model. Highly efficient photodiode arrays were also built by depositing few-layer GaTe0.64Se0.36 on n-type Si substrates. These p–n junctions have steady rectification characteristics with a rectifying ratio exceeding 300 and a high external quantum efficiency around 50%. We further measured more devices on MBE-grown GaTexSe1–x/Si heterostructures across the full range to explore the composition-dependent external quantum efficiency. Our study opens a new avenue for the controllable growth of 2D alloys with wafer-scale homogeneity, which is a prominent challenge in 2D material research. |
Keywords | GaTexSe1-x; two-dimensional alloy; homogeneity; molecular beam epitaxy; |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401699. Materials engineering not elsewhere classified |
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Byline Affiliations | Fudan University, China |
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | |
University of Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4158/controllable-growth-of-vertical-heterostructure-gatexse1-x-si-by-molecular-beam-epitaxy
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