2D Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors via Non-Aqueous Electrodeposition

Project overview

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are inorganic materials of formula ME₂ (M = metal; E = chalcogen = sulfur, selenium or tellurium). They form 2-dimensional layered hexagonal structures related to that of cadmium diiodide, in which the metal-chalcogen bonding within the layers is very strong, whilst that between the layers is much weaker (van der Waals interactions) - i.e. inorganic analogues of graphite. They form a class of extremely important functional semiconductors, and by changing the metal or chalcogen type, the semiconductor band gap can be tuned, making them useful for a wide range of applications. As a result of both their structures and their semiconducting properties, these materials are widely considered to have the potential to revolutionalise next generation electronics, e.g. allowing the mass manufacture of 2D nanotransistors, leading to more powerful and faster devices.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Gill Reid

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY

Research interests

Synthetic inorganic chemistry
Design and synthesis of new macrocyclic and multidentate ligands involving donor atoms from Groups 15 (P, As, Sb, Bi) and 16 (S, Se, Te)
Coordination chemistry with s-, p-, d- and f-block metal ions

Connect with Gill

Email: G.Reid@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Andrew Hector

Head of School

Research interests

Materials synthesis, including metal nitrides, thin film materials, sol-gel and solvothermal processes and porous structures.
Materials characterisation – powder and thin film diffraction, microscopy and spectroscopy techniques.
Electrochemistry, including charge storage in battery and supercapacitor type cells, and electrodeposition of various materials.

Connect with Andrew

Email: A.L.Hector@soton.ac.uk

Professor Kees De Groot

Professor

Research interests

Radio-Frequency and Microwave Devices
2 dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Transistors
Smart Radiative Cooling and RF control of smart glass using metal oxides such as Al-doped ZnO and W-doped VO2

Connect with Kees

Email: chdg@southampton.ac.uk

Professor Philip Bartlett

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

Electrochemistry
Bioelectrochemistry
Templated electrodeposition of nanomaterials

Connect with Philip

Email: P.N.Bartlett@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Tungsten dichalcogenide WS_2xSe_2-2x films via single source precursor low-pressure CVD and their (thermo-)electric properties

Vikesh Sethi, Danielle Runacres, Victoria Greenacre, Li Shao, Andrew L. Hector, William Levason, Kees De Groot, Gillian Reid & Ruomeng Huang, 2023, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9635 - 9645

DOI: 10.1039/D3TA00466J

Type: article

Synthesis and properties of [NR₄]₃[SbS₄] (R = Me, Et, n-Pr, n-Bu) and the crystal structures of [N(n-Bu)₄]₃[SbS₄]⋅6H₂O and [N(n-Bu)₄]₃[Sb(S₂O₃)₃]·2THF

Rhys P. King, William Levason & Gillian Reid, 2023, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1278

DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.134925

Type: article

Tungsten(VI) selenide tetrachloride, WSeCl₄ - synthesis, properties, coordination complexes and application of [WSeCl₄(SenBu₂)] for CVD growth of WSe₂ thin films

Victoria Greenacre, Andrew L. Hector, Ruomeng Huang, William Levason, Vikesh Sethi & Gillian Reid, 2022, Dalton Transactions, 51(6), 2400-2412

DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03980f

Type: article

Electrodeposited WS₂ monolayers on patterned graphene

Yasir Noori, Shibin Thomas, Sami Ramadan, Victoria Greenacre, Nema Abdelazim, Yisong Han, J Zhang, Richard Beanland, Andrew L. Hector, Norbert Klein, Gillian Reid, Philip N. Bartlett & Kees De Groot, 2021, 2D Materials, 9(1)

DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/ac3dd6

Type: article

Tungsten disulfide thin films via electrodeposition from a single source precursor

Shibin Thomas, Victoria Greenacre, Danielle E. Smith, Yasir Noori, Nema Abdelazim, Andrew L. Hector, Kees De Groot, William Levason, Philip N. Bartlett & Gillian Reid, 2021, ChemComm, 57(79), 10194-10197

DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03297F

Type: article