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Effects of Defects on the Temperature‐Dependent Thermal Conductivity of Suspended Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition
Author(s) -
Yarali Milad,
Wu Xufei,
Gupta Tushar,
Ghoshal Debjit,
Xie Lixin,
Zhu Zhuan,
Brahmi Hatem,
Bao Jiming,
Chen Shuo,
Luo Tengfei,
Koratkar Nikhil,
Mavrokefalos Anastassios
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201704357
Subject(s) - materials science , molybdenum disulfide , chemical vapor deposition , monolayer , grain boundary , thermal conductivity , crystallite , phonon , condensed matter physics , chemical physics , analytical chemistry (journal) , nanotechnology , microstructure , composite material , metallurgy , chemistry , physics , chromatography
It is understood that defects of the atomic arrangement of the lattice in 2D molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) can have a profound effect on the electronic and optical properties. Beyond these it is a major prerequisite to also understand the fundamental effect of such defects on phonon transport, to guarantee the successful integration of MoS 2 into the solid‐state devices. A comprehensive joint experiment‐theory investigation to explore the effect of lattice defects on the thermal transport of the suspended MoS 2 monolayer grown by CVD is presented. The measured room temperature thermal conductivity values are 30 ± 3.3 and 35.5 ± 3 W m −1 K −1 for two samples, which are more than two times smaller than that of their exfoliated counterpart. High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy shows that these CVD‐grown samples are polycrystalline in nature with low angle grain boundaries, which is primarily responsible for their reduced thermal conductivity. Higher degree of polycrystallinity and aging effects also result in smoother temperature dependency of thermal conductivity (κ) at temperatures below 100 K. First‐principles lattice dynamics simulations are carried out to understand the role of defects such as isotopes, vacancies, and grain boundaries on the phonon scattering rates of our CVD‐grown samples.