Large-Area MoS2 Films Grown on Sapphire and GaN Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Španková, Marianna and Chromik, Štefan and Dobročka, Edmund and Pribusová Slušná, Lenka and Talacko, Marcel and Maroš, Gregor and Pécz, Béla and Koós, Antal Adolf and Greco, Giuseppe and Panasci, Salvatore Ethan and Fiorenza, Patrick and Roccaforte, Fabrizio and Cordier, Yvon and Frayssinet, Eric and Giannazzo, Filippo (2023) Large-Area MoS2 Films Grown on Sapphire and GaN Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition. NANOMATERIALS, 13 (21). No-2837. ISSN 2079-4991

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the preparation of few-layer MoS2 films on single-crystal sapphire, as well as on heteroepitaxial GaN templates on sapphire substrates, using the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. Detailed structural and chemical characterization of the films were performed using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction measurements, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. According to X-ray diffraction studies, the films exhibit epitaxial growth, indicating a good in-plane alignment. Furthermore, the films demonstrate uniform thickness on large areas, as confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. The lateral electrical current transport of the MoS2 grown on sapphire was investigated by temperature (T)-dependent sheet resistance and Hall effect measurements, showing a high n-type doping of the semiconducting films (ns from ~1 × 1013 to ~3.4 × 1013 cm−2 from T = 300 K to 500 K), with a donor ionization energy of Ei = 93 ± 8 meV and a mobility decreasing with T. Finally, the vertical current injection across the MoS2/GaN heterojunction was investigated by means of conductive atomic force microscopy, showing the rectifying behavior of the I-V characteristics with a Schottky barrier height of ϕB ≈ 0.36 eV. The obtained results pave the way for the scalable application of PLD-grown MoS2 on GaN in electronics/optoelectronics.

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