Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
5 years ago

Wide-Range Controllable Doping of Tungsten Diselenide (WSe2) based on Hydrochloric Acid Treatment

Wide-Range Controllable Doping of Tungsten Diselenide (WSe2) based on Hydrochloric Acid Treatment
Jinok Kim, Hyo-Jik Nam, Jin-Hong Park
In recent years, chemical doping based on the charge-transfer phenomenon has been actively studied for transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials owing to its simplicity and efficiency. However, these chemical-doping techniques have been controlled mostly in a high-doping-concentration (degenerate) regime, consequently limiting the use of the techniques to TMD devices. Herein we report on the wide-range-controllable p-type doping of WSe2 based on hydrochloric acid (HCl) treatment. The doping concentration was controlled broadly between 1.67 × 1011 cm–2 and 1.32 × 1012 cm–2 by adjusting the concentration of the HCl solution. We then confirmed that the performances of the WSe2-based transistor and photodetector devices were improved (increases in the threshold voltage, field-effect mobility, on-current, and photoresponsivity with the doping concentration). Finally, we alleviated the degradation of the HCl doping effects in air by providing protection from the moisture in the air by using poly(methyl methacrylate) encapsulation (with which there was a change in the performance parameters of <8% after 170 h, relative to the values obtained immediately after doping). We expect that our widely controllable p-doping method will be used for the optimization of future TMD-based devices.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04439

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04439

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