Scalable solution-phase epitaxial growth of symmetry-mismatched heterostructures on two-dimensional crystal soft template

Lin, Z.; Yin, A.; Mao, J.; Xia, Y.; Kempf, N.; He, Q.; Wang, Y.; Chen, C. -Y.; Zhang, Y.; Ozolins, V.; Ren, Z.; Huang, Y.; Duan, X.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1600993

Title: Scalable solution-phase epitaxial growth of symmetry-mismatched heterostructures on two-dimensional crystal soft template

Journal Article · Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600993· OSTI ID:1473901

Lin, Z. ^[1]; Yin, A. ^[1]; Mao, J. ^[2]; Xia, Y. ^[3]; Kempf, N. ^[4]; He, Q. ^[1]; Wang, Y. ^[1]; Chen, C. -Y. ^[1]; Zhang, Y. ^[4]; Ozolins, V. ^[3]; Ren, Z. ^[2]; Huang, Y. ^[5]; Duan, X. ^[6]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics. Texas Center for Superconductivity
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Boise State Univ., ID (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. California NanoSystems Inst.
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. California NanoSystems Inst.

Epitaxial heterostructures with precisely controlled composition and electronic modulation are of central importance for electronics, optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, and catalysis. In general, epitaxial material growth requires identical or nearly identical crystal structures with small misfit in lattice symmetry and parameters and is typically achieved by vapor-phase depositions in vacuum. We report a scalable solution-phase growth of symmetry-mismatched PbSe/Bi₂Se₃ epitaxial heterostructures by using two-dimensional (2D) Bi₂Se₃ nanoplates as soft templates. The dangling bond–free surface of 2D Bi₂Se₃ nanoplates guides the growth of PbSe crystal without requiring a one-to-one match in the atomic structure, which exerts minimal restriction on the epitaxial layer. With a layered structure and weak van der Waals interlayer interaction, the interface layer in the 2D Bi₂Se₃ nanoplates can deform to accommodate incoming layer, thus functioning as a soft template for symmetry-mismatched epitaxial growth of cubic PbSe crystal on rhombohedral Bi₂Se₃ nanoplates. We show that a solution chemistry approach can be readily used for the synthesis of gram-scale PbSe/Bi₂Se₃ epitaxial heterostructures, in which the square PbSe (001) layer forms on the trigonal/hexagonal (0001) plane of Bi₂Se₃ nanoplates. We further show that the resulted PbSe/Bi₂Se₃ heterostructures can be readily processed into bulk pellet with considerably suppressed thermal conductivity (0.30 W/m·K at room temperature) while retaining respectable electrical conductivity, together delivering a thermoelectric figure of merit ZT three times higher than that of the pristine Bi₂Se₃ nanoplates at 575 K. Our study demonstrates a unique epitaxy mode enabled by the 2D nanocrystal soft template via an affordable and scalable solution chemistry approach. It opens up new opportunities for the creation of diverse epitaxial heterostructures with highly disparate structures and functions.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Boise State Univ., ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46433; AC02-05CH11231; DMR1508144; EFRI-1433541

OSTI ID:: 1473901

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Vol. 2, Issue 10; ISSN 2375-2548

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