S/Mo ratio and petal size controlled MoS2 nanoflowers with low temperature metal organic chemical vapor deposition and their application in solar cells
Abstract
Vertically aligned two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide nanoflowers (MoS2 NFs) have drawn considerable attention as a novel functional material with potential for next-generation applications owing to their inherently distinctive structure and extraordinary properties. We report a simple metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method that can grow high crystal quality, large-scale and highly homogeneous MoS2 NFs through precisely controlling the partial pressure ratio of H2S reaction gas, P SR, to Mo(CO)6 precursor, P MoP, at a substrate temperature of 250 °C. We investigate microscopically and spectroscopically that the S/Mo ratio, optical properties and orientation of the grown MoS2 NFs can be controlled by adjusting the partial pressure ratio, P SR/P MoP. It is also shown that the low temperature MOCVD (LT-MOCVD) growth method can regulate the petal size of MoS2 NFs through the growth time, thereby controlling photoluminescence intensity. More importantly, the MoS2 NFs/GaAs heterojunction flexible solar cell exhibiting a power conversion efficiency of ∼1.3% under air mass 1.5 G illumination demonstrates the utility of the LT-MOCVD method that enables the direct growth of MoS2 NFs on the flexible devices. Our work can pave the way for practical, easy-to-fabricate 2D materials integrated flexible devices in optical and photonic applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 19, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1088/1361-6528/abe32c
Entities
People
- Hyeji Park
- Jaeseo Park
- Jihun Mun
- Junoh Kim
- Nguyen Thi Thuy
- Sang Jun Lee
- Sang-Woo Kang
- Suho Park
- Zahyun Ku
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science