Room-Temperature Growth of Square-Millimeter Single-Crystalline Two-Dimensional Metal Halides on Silicon.
ACS Nano
; 18(23): 15096-15106, 2024 Jun 11.
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ABSTRACT
Silicon is the cornerstone of electronics and photonics. In this context, almost all integrated devices derived from two-dimensional (2D) materials stay rooted in silicon technology. However, as the growth substrate, silicon has long been thought to be a hindrance for growing 2D materials through bottom-up methods that require high growth temperatures, and thus, indirect routes are usually considered instead. Although promising growth of large-area 2D materials on silicon has been demonstrated, the direct growth of single-crystalline materials using low-thermal-budget synthesis methods remains challenging. Here, we report the room-temperature growth of millimeter-scale single-crystal 2D metal halides on silicon substrates with a hydroxyl-terminated surface. Theoretical calculations reveal that the activation energy for surface diffusion can be reduced by an order of magnitude by terminating the surface with hydroxyl groups, from which on-silicon growth is greatly facilitated at room temperature and enables a 4-order-of-magnitude increase in area. The high quality and uniformity of the resulting single crystals are further evidenced. The optoelectronic devices employing the as-grown materials show an ultralow dark current of 10-13 A and a high detectivity of 1013 Jones, thereby corroborating a weak-light detection ability. These results would point to a rich space of surface modulation that can be used to surmount current limitations and demonstrate a promising strategy for growing 2D materials directly on silicon at room temperature to produce large single crystals.
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