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2D Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors via Non-Aqueous Electrodeposition

Project overview

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are inorganic materials of formula ME2 (M = metal; E = chalcogen = sulfur, selenium or tellurium). They form 2-dimensional layered hexagonal structures related to that of cadmium diiodide, in which the metal-chalcogen bonding within the layers is very strong, whilst that between the layers is much weaker (van der Waals interactions) - i.e. inorganic analogues of graphite. They form a class of extremely important functional semiconductors, and by changing the metal or chalcogen type, the semiconductor band gap can be tuned, making them useful for a wide range of applications. As a result of both their structures and their semiconducting properties, these materials are widely considered to have the potential to revolutionalise next generation electronics, e.g. allowing the mass manufacture of 2D nanotransistors, leading to more powerful and faster devices.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Gill Reid

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY

Research interests

  • Synthetic inorganic chemistry
  • Design and synthesis of new macrocyclic and multidentate ligands involving donor atoms from Groups 15 (P, As, Sb, Bi) and 16 (S, Se, Te)
  • Coordination chemistry with s-, p-, d- and f-block metal ions
Connect with Gill

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Andrew Hector

Head of School

Research interests

  • Materials synthesis, including metal nitrides, thin film materials, sol-gel and solvothermal processes and porous structures.
  • Materials characterisation – powder and thin film diffraction, microscopy and spectroscopy techniques.
  • Electrochemistry, including charge storage in battery and supercapacitor type cells, and electrodeposition of various materials. 
Connect with Andrew

Email: [email protected]

Professor Kees De Groot

Professor

Research interests

  • Radio-Frequency and Microwave Devices
  • 2 dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides  Transistors
  • Smart Radiative Cooling and RF control of smart glass using metal oxides such as Al-doped ZnO and W-doped VO2
Connect with Kees

Email: [email protected]

Professor Philip Bartlett

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Electrochemistry
  • Bioelectrochemistry
  • Templated electrodeposition of nanomaterials
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Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

Coordination complexes and applications of transition metal sulfide and selenide halides
Victoria Greenacre, William Levason, Gillian Reid & Danielle E. Smith, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 424
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213512
Type: article
Large-area electrodeposition of few-layer MoS2 on graphene for 2D material heterostructures
Yasir Noori, Shibin Thomas, Sami Ramadan, Danielle E. Smith, Victoria Greenacre, Nema Abdelazim, Yisong Han, Richard Beanland, Andrew L. Hector, Norbet Klein, Gillian Reid, Philip N. Bartlett & Kees De Groot, 2020, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(44), 49786-49794
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c14777
Type: article
Electrodeposition of MoS2 from dichloromethane
Shibin Thomas, Danielle E. Smith, Victoria Greenacre, Yasir Noori, Andrew L. Hector, Cornelis De Groot, Gillian Reid & Philip N. Bartlett, 2020, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 167(10)
DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ab9c88
Type: article
Synthesis, properties and structures of Gallium(III) and Indium(III) halide complexes with neutral pnictine coordination
Kelsey Cairns, Victoria Greenacre, Laura A. Grose, William Levason, Gillian Reid & Fred Robinson, 2020, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 912, 1-5
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2020.121176
Type: article
Tertiary phosphine and arsine complexes of phosphorus pentafluoride, synthesis, properties and electronic structures
John Dyke, James W. Emsley, Victoria Greenacre, William Levason, Francesco Monzittu, Gillian Reid & Giuseppina De Luca, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry, 59(7), 4517-4526
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03630
Type: article