Redox-governed charge doping dictated by interfacial diffusion in two-dimensional materials

Kwanghee Park, Haneul Kang, Seonghyun Koo, DaeEung Lee and Sunmin Ryu ()
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Kwanghee Park: Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Haneul Kang: Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Seonghyun Koo: Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
DaeEung Lee: Kyung Hee University
Sunmin Ryu: Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Controlling extra charge carriers is pivotal in manipulating electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of various two-dimensional materials. Nonetheless, the ubiquitous hole doping of two-dimensional materials in the air and acids has been controversial in its mechanistic details. Here we show their common origin is an electrochemical reaction driven by redox couples of oxygen and water molecules. Using real-time photoluminescence imaging of WS2 and Raman spectroscopy of graphene, we capture molecular diffusion through the two-dimensional nanoscopic space between two-dimensional materials and hydrophilic substrates, and show that the latter accommodate water molecules also serving as a hydrating solvent. We also demonstrate that HCl-induced doping is governed by dissolved O2 and pH in accordance with the Nernst equation. The nanoscopic electrochemistry anatomized in this work sets an ambient limit to material properties, which is universal to not only 2D but also other forms of materials.

Date: 2019
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