{"title":"Surface modification for improvement of crystallinity of MoS2 using ultraviolet–ozone treatment","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.surfin.2024.105067","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The efficiency of ultraviolet–ozone (UVO) treatment as a surface modification method for improving the crystallinity of MoS<sub>2</sub> thin films was studied. MoS<sub>2</sub> thin films were prepared using a multi-step chemical vapor deposition method, and highly crystalline MoS<sub>2</sub> thin films were grown by varying the UVO exposure time of molybdenum trioxide (MoO<sub>3</sub>) thin films with unstable Mo-O bonds. X-ray diffraction results revealed that the crystallinity of MoS<sub>2</sub> thin films improved with increasing UVO exposure time, but long-term exposure (> 5 min) decreased crystallinity due to surface etching. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy images of MoS<sub>2</sub> thin films also showed that short-term UVO exposure (5 min) led to significant surface crystallization without structural defects. In contrast, long-term exposure caused damage to crystal layers. The short-term UVO exposure to unstable MoO<sub>3</sub> thin films induces the formation of many highly reactive MoO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> groups, which then react with sulfur to form highly crystalline MoS<sub>2</sub> thin films. These results were confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis. Overall, this study improved the crystallinity of the MoS<sub>2</sub> thin films by increasing the crystallinity of the MoO<sub>3</sub> thin films using a simple and short-term UVO treatment, and these results are attracting attention for their potential application in various industrial fields.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22081,"journal":{"name":"Surfaces and Interfaces","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468023024012239/pdfft?md5=c34f138cfef81c345ffe246e73b1616f&pid=1-s2.0-S2468023024012239-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Surfaces and Interfaces","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468023024012239","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The efficiency of ultraviolet–ozone (UVO) treatment as a surface modification method for improving the crystallinity of MoS2 thin films was studied. MoS2 thin films were prepared using a multi-step chemical vapor deposition method, and highly crystalline MoS2 thin films were grown by varying the UVO exposure time of molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) thin films with unstable Mo-O bonds. X-ray diffraction results revealed that the crystallinity of MoS2 thin films improved with increasing UVO exposure time, but long-term exposure (> 5 min) decreased crystallinity due to surface etching. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy images of MoS2 thin films also showed that short-term UVO exposure (5 min) led to significant surface crystallization without structural defects. In contrast, long-term exposure caused damage to crystal layers. The short-term UVO exposure to unstable MoO3 thin films induces the formation of many highly reactive MoO3- groups, which then react with sulfur to form highly crystalline MoS2 thin films. These results were confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis. Overall, this study improved the crystallinity of the MoS2 thin films by increasing the crystallinity of the MoO3 thin films using a simple and short-term UVO treatment, and these results are attracting attention for their potential application in various industrial fields.
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