Triphasic 2D Materials by Vertically Stacking Laterally Heterostructured 2H-/1T'-MoS2 on Graphene for Enhanced Photoresponse

Cui, Weili; Xu, Shanshan S.; Yan, Bo; Guo, Zhihua H.; Xu, Qun; Sumpter, Bobby G.; Huang, Jingsong S.; Yin, Shiwei W.; Zhao, Huijun J.; Wang, Yun

doi:10.1002/aelm.201700024

Triphasic 2D Materials by Vertically Stacking Laterally Heterostructured 2H-/1T'-MoS₂ on Graphene for Enhanced Photoresponse

Journal Article · Thu May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Advanced Electronic Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201700024· OSTI ID:1356943

Cui, Weili ^[1]; Xu, Shanshan S. ^[1]; Yan, Bo ^[1]; Guo, Zhihua H. ^[1]; Xu, Qun ^[1]; Sumpter, Bobby G. ^[2]; Huang, Jingsong S. ^[2]; Yin, Shiwei W. ^[3]; Zhao, Huijun J. ^[4]; ^[5]

Zhengzhou Univ. (China). College of Materials Science and Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS) and Computational Sciences and Engineering Division
Shaanxi Normal Univ., Xi'an City (China). Key Lab. for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Griffith Univ., QLD (Australia). Griffith School of Environment, Centre for Clean Environment and Energy; Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Hefei (China). Inst. of Solid State Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials
Griffith Univ., QLD (Australia). Griffith School of Environment, Centre for Clean Environment and Energy

Recently the applications of two-dimensional (2D) materials have been broadened by engineering their mechanical, electronic, and optical properties through either lateral or vertical hybridization. Along with this line, we report the successful design and fabrication of a novel triphasic 2D material by vertically stacking lateral 2H-/1T'-molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) heterostructures on graphene with the assistance of supercritical carbon dioxide. This triphasic structure is experimentally shown to significantly enhance the photocurrent densities for hydrogen evolution reactions. First-principles theoretical analyses reveal that the improved photoresponse should be ascribed to the beneficial band alignments of the triphasic heterostructure. More specifically, electrons can efficiently hop to the 1T'-MoS₂ phase via the highly conductive graphene layer as a result of their strong vertical interfacial electronic coupling. Subsequently, the electrons acquired on the 1T'-MoS₂ phase are exploited to fill the photoholes on the photo-excited 2H-MoS₂ phase through the lateral heterojunction structure, thereby suppressing the recombination process of the photo-induced charge carriers on the 2H-MoS₂ phase. This novel triphasic concept promises to open a new avenue to widen the molecular design of 2D hybrid materials for photonics-based energy conversion applications.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: Australian Research Council (ARC); National Natural Science Foundation of China; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1356943

Journal Information:: Advanced Electronic Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Electronic Materials Vol. 3; ISSN 2199-160X

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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