Tuning thermal conductivity in molybdenum disulfide by electrochemical intercalation

Gaohua Zhu; Jun Liu; Qiye Zheng; Ruigang Zhang; Dongyao Li; Debasish Banerjee; David G. Cahill

doi:10.1038/ncomms13211

Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Tuning thermal conductivity in molybdenum disulfide by electrochemical intercalation

Gaohua Zhu,
Jun Liu,
Qiye Zheng,
Ruigang Zhang,
Dongyao Li,
Debasish Banerjee,
David G. Cahill

Affiliations

Gaohua Zhu: Materials Research Department, Toyota Research Institute of North America
Jun Liu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qiye Zheng: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ruigang Zhang: Materials Research Department, Toyota Research Institute of North America
Dongyao Li: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Debasish Banerjee: Materials Research Department, Toyota Research Institute of North America
David G. Cahill: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13211
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Molybdenum disulfide shows potential for use in nanoelectronics and optoelectronics. Here, the authors use electrochemical intercalation to tune its structural and compositional features, and show that the thermal conductivity can be effectively modified over a considerable range.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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