Fabrication and Imaging of Monolayer Phosphorene with Preferred Edge Configurations via Graphene-Assisted Layer-by-Layer Thinning
- Authors
- YANGJINLEE; 이솔; JUN-YEONGYOON; Jinwoo Cheon; Jeong, HY (Jeong, Hu Young); KWANPYO KIM
- Issue Date
- Jan-2020
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Phosphorene; Aberration-corrected TEM imaging; Crystalline edge structure; Graphene protection
- Citation
- NANO LETTERS, v.20, no.1, pp 559 - 566
- Pages
- 8
- Journal Title
- NANO LETTERS
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 559
- End Page
- 566
- URI
- https://yscholarhub.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.yonsei/5322
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04292
- ISSN
- 1530-6984
1530-6992
- Abstract
- Phosphorene, a monolayer of black phosphorus (BP), is an elemental two-dimensional material with interesting physical properties, such as high charge carrier mobility and exotic anisotropic in-plane properties. To fundamentally understand these various physical properties, it is critically important to conduct an atomic-scale structural investigation of phosphorene, particularly regarding various defects and preferred edge configurations. However, it has been challenging to investigate mono- and few-layer phosphorene because of technical difficulties arising in the preparation of a high-quality sample and damages induced during the characterization process. Here, we successfully fabricate high-quality monolayer phosphorene using a controlled thinning process with transmission electron microscopy and subsequently perform atomic-resolution imaging. Graphene protection suppresses the e-beam-induced damage to multilayer BP and one-side graphene protection facilitates the layer-by-layer thinning of the samples, rendering high-quality monolayer and bilayer regions. We also observe the formation of atomic-scale crystalline edges predominantly aligned along the zigzag and (101) terminations, which is originated from edge kinetics under e-beam-induced sputtering process. Our study demonstrates a new method to image and precisely manipulate the thickness and edge configurations of air-sensitive two-dimensional materials.
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