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Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Campus Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD)
Administrative Home Department
Department of Physics
Advisor 1
Yoke Khin Yap
Committee Member 1
John Jaszczak
Committee Member 2
Dongyan Zhang
Committee Member 3
Craig Friedrich
Abstract
The rapid development of two-dimensional (2D) materials has led to tremendous interest in the study of graphene and a series of mono- and few-layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). One major attraction of TMDCs is their semiconducting nature with indirect to direct bandgap transition, when thinned from bulk to few- and mono- layers. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is one of the 2D TMDCs that has gained increasing attention due to its promising optical, electronic, and optoelectronic properties. In this thesis, I will discuss my research on the synthesis of 2D MoS2 and the characterization of its optical properties by Raman, Photoluminescence (PL) and UV-Vis spectroscopy. Next, the application of 2D TMDCs for FETs and solar cells will be reviewed. Finally, my extended work on the oxide form (transition metal oxides) and zero-dimensional (0D) form of TMDCs will be discussed. Efficient solar cells constructed by MoO3 and other oxides, and the future application of 0D TMDCs will also be evaluated.
Recommended Citation
Ye, Mingxiao, "SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION OF 2D TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES", Campus Access Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2018.