Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Poly(4-styrenesulfonate)-induced sulfur vacancy self-healing strategy for monolayer MoS2 homojunction photodiode

  • Xiankun Zhang,
  • Qingliang Liao,
  • Shuo Liu,
  • Zhuo Kang,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Junli Du,
  • Feng Li,
  • Shuhao Zhang,
  • Jiankun Xiao,
  • Baishan Liu,
  • Yang Ou,
  • Xiaozhi Liu,
  • Lin Gu,
  • Yue Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15881
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Two-dimensional MoS2 homojunctions, considered potential building blocks for next generation flexible electronics, currently suffer from quick degradation. Here, Zhang and co-workers use a self-healing sulfur vacancy mechanism to produce a MoS2photodiode that possesses long term stability.