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A Universal Atomic Substitution Conversion Strategy Towards Synthesis of Large-Size Ultrathin Nonlayered Two-Dimensional Materials

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00692-6
Mei Zhao
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China
Sijie Yang
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Kenan Zhang
School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
Lijie Zhang
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Institute of New Materials and Industrial Technologies, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, People’s Republic of China
Ping Chen
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Sanjun Yang
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Yang Zhao
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China
Xiang Ding
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China
Xiaotao Zu
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China
Yuan Li
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Yinghe Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Liang Qiao
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China
Tianyou Zhai
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Tianyou Zhai

zhaity@hust.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 13 (2021), Article Number: 165

Abstract

Nonlayered two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted increasing attention, due to novel physical properties, unique surface structure, and high compatibility with microfabrication technique. However, owing to the inherent strong covalent bonds, the direct synthesis of 2D planar structure from nonlayered materials, especially for the realization of large-size ultrathin 2D nonlayered materials, is still a huge challenge. Here, a general atomic substitution conversion strategy is proposed to synthesize large-size, ultrathin nonlayered 2D materials. Taking nonlayered CdS as a typical example, large-size ultrathin nonlayered CdS single-crystalline flakes are successfully achieved via a facile low-temperature chemical sulfurization method, where pre-grown layered CdI2 flakes are employed as the precursor via a simple hot plate assisted vertical vapor deposition method. The size and thickness of CdS flakes can be controlled by the CdI2 precursor. The growth mechanism is ascribed to the chemical substitution reaction from I to S atoms between CdI2 and CdS, which has been evidenced by experiments and theoretical calculations. The atomic substitution conversion strategy demonstrates that the existing 2D layered materials can serve as the precursor for difficult-to-synthesize nonlayered 2D materials, providing a bridge between layered and nonlayered materials, meanwhile realizing the fabrication of large-size ultrathin nonlayered 2D materials.


Highlights:


1 A general layered 2D materials-derived atomic substitution conversion strategy is proposed to achieve the synthesis of large-size ultrathin nonlayered 2D materials.
2 Using low-melting-point CdI2 flakes via a simple hot plate assisted vertical vapor deposition method as precursor, large-size ultrathin CdS flakes were successfully converted from layered to nonlayered nanostructures through a facile low-temperature chemical sulfurization process.
3 The size and thickness of CdS flakes can be controlled by the CdI2 precursor. The growth mechanism is ascribed to the chemical substitution reaction from I to S atoms between CdI2 and CdS, which has been evidenced by experiments and theoretical calculations.

Keywords

Nonlayered 2D materials Large-size ultrathin CdS flakes Atomic substitution conversion Layered-nonlayered structural transformation
Zhao, Mei, Sijie Yang, Kenan Zhang, Lijie Zhang, Ping Chen, Sanjun Yang, Yang Zhao, Xiang Ding, Xiaotao Zu, Yuan Li, Yinghe Zhao, Liang Qiao, and Tianyou Zhai. 2021. “A Universal Atomic Substitution Conversion Strategy Towards Synthesis of Large-Size Ultrathin Nonlayered Two-Dimensional Materials”. Nano-Micro Letters 13 (August):165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00692-6.
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